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Jan 11, 2019

This is a lovely, huge book that has lots of good tips for hand lettering. It is designed really to be used with either brush tip pens or brushes themselves, though. There is one small section on using regular tip pens but that's it. Apparently my brush pens are not expensive enough, because they don't work the way the author's tutorials say they will (you press down and get a really thick line, then lift up and it becomes really thin). So even though I have a huge stash of brush pens, I was This is a lovely, huge book that has lots of good tips for hand lettering. It is designed really to be used with either brush tip pens or brushes themselves, though. There is one small section on using regular tip pens but that's it. Apparently my brush pens are not expensive enough, because they don't work the way the author's tutorials say they will (you press down and get a really thick line, then lift up and it becomes really thin). So even though I have a huge stash of brush pens, I was unable to use the vast majority of this book.

Most of the scripts are very similar. Basically, she has you write the letters of the word out (not in cursive) and then just use lines to join them together. I prefer to actually write in cursive, but I can see how this technique gives a very specific look with brush tip pens. This isn't a book where you're going to find a lot of examples of fonts. As huge as the book is, it's really mostly about a very specific type of look.

If you like the calligraphy look of using brush pens with this style (and have the type of pens this will work with), this is a great guide. ...more

5

Aug 15, 2018

It's a bit misleading to say that I've completed this book as I plan to use this as a guide and reference for quite a long time to come, but I do love it and it has built my confidence and I can't wait to see where it continues to take me.

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Sep 25, 2019

I'm not sure what I thought this book was, but it's basically modern calligraphy.

5

Feb 07, 2019

An accessible introduction to hand lettering. Great tips and techniques are presented.