Calligraphy Course: Learn Hand Lettering & Modern Script Writing for Invitations, Cards, and Art Projects

Everything about this book is thoughtful and useful. I like the hinge at the top of the pages, keeping the binding out of the way if I want to put a sheet of paper over a page to copy something by hand. My favorite feature is the clear plastic guide sheets for various hands. They are detachable, with perforations, but it is cleaner and easier to cut the sheets along the perforations. I tape a guide sheet over a thin, inexpensive lightbox, and top that with paper to practice. The Italic style in this book is slightly different from the Italic style I learned originally, but there are illustrations to show how to shape each stroke, the direction and order. I would recommend this book for beginning calligraphers, especially if you want to use larger characters.