Discover the lost art of ornamental handwriting with this beautifully illustrated guide to penmanship. C.P. Zaner, the legendary calligrapher and designer of the Zaner-Bloser handwriting system, provides step-by-step guidance on how to produce stunning, ornate scripts that will impress and delight your readers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Handsome volume collects one work each by two eighteenth-century masters of calligraphy. Presents authentic calligraphic alphabets, flourishes, messages, other decorative elements. 75 plates.

A thorough guide to making your cursive writing efficient, legible, and expressive.

"An essential part of any art library, and a book of permanent value not affected by seasonal styles." — American Artist. Here is Bickham's famous treasury of English roundhand calligraphy from 1740. Includes 125 pictorial scenes, over 200 script pictures, 19 complete animals, 275 lettered specimens, more than 100 panels, frames, cartouches, and other effects, and more.

The author states that the purpose of his book is to teach anyone to write legibly and fluently from a movement point of view. It is not concerned with grammar or style but with penmanship itself.

Unabridged reprint of extremely rare 18th-century manual offers helpful hints on forming letters, holding the pen, arm and wrist positions, and posture. Includes rich sampling of alphabets, maxims, didactic verses, and other words of advice. Charmingly illustrated instruction manual for calligraphers, commercial artists,and devoteés of fine penmanship.

Provides complete, concise instructions for those desiring to learn handwriting, and other penmanship styles and techniques. In addition to the cursive style of business writing, the student will study artistic (Spencerian) writing. Other styles are presented and include engravers script, and a variety of other lettering styles.