Get Started with Lettering and Modern Calligraphy: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners

Kris: Nice book. I am learning so I am not very good yet.

United States on Dec 16, 2023

LoveQveene: This is PERFECT for someone that may have junky handwriting and want to improve their handwriting.

If you have nice cursive penmanship already, this isn’t the book you need.

If you are looking for classic calligraphy, it’s not in this book.

United States on Dec 14, 2023

Renee: I really enjoy this book - it's easy to follow along and learn.

United States on Oct 27, 2023

S: For under $10 this is a fabulous book for the beginner. Just a few pages of stuff you need to know and then it's all fun with practicing your lettering. All you need is your writing utensil and you're ready to go! Loads of pages to practice and so easy to understand.

Canada on Jun 07, 2023

Kassss: This is just an exercise book, but you cannot use it with your brush pen - the paper is rough and thin, so you still have to use tracing paper. I don't get the point of this book...

Poland on Dec 28, 2022

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Mexico on Nov 12, 2022

Amazon Customer: Fantastic practice book for beginners.lots of space to practice letters. Also each step and type of letting is explained very well and in easy to understand and detailed steps. Lots of practice samples for artwork are also given,for beginners. All in all a winner. Very happy with my purchase.

India on Feb 26, 2021

Stef B NielsenStef B Nielsen: The media could not be loaded.  Ok so I'm no expert in calligraphy, I used to love 'handwriting' at school and I used to be a primary teacher so my handwriting had to be neat and proper! Since lockdown I've been going back and trying different hobbies, I love stationery and thought 'why not'. I'm in no way going to be a professional calligrapher but I think this is a good book to start on a hobby and get better at it. Remember: this is a MODERN calligraphy book so don't think you'll writing medieval letter here (if there's such a thing...)
QUALITY: the paper is pretty decent, doesn't feel cheap and the book cover is sturdy enough
CONTENT: there is a brief attempt to describe calligraphy and its origins but mainly what it says is 'experience makes it perfect' as anything...
DOES IT DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN? Yes, you have opportunity to try your handle on the different styles, starts with the different letter of the alphabet in cursive and moves on to capitals and 3 different modern calligraphy styles. Then you can move on to full words and finally, you can try your own style - so yes, if you have the patience and commitment to get to the end of the book you'll be...

United Kingdom on Jun 03, 2020

PD: I'm a total noob to hand lettering but have really come to like the this form of artwork. As a pro photographer my only recourse for lettering has been fonts, which looks like... fonts. There are VERY few I've found that look like hand lettering and modern calligraphy but you still have the problem where a lowercase "a" looks exactly the same through the phrase. Ugh.

So I bought a couple books to give this a try and they ended up being a showcase for the author's style, but no real instruction! I need to know where to start the line and how the curve should go and how much pressure or whatever, whether I'm using ink & paper or ProCreate and the Apple Pencil. I was starting to think a book like that didn't exist, but I'm glad I was wrong: this book is perfect for a beginner starting right from the very first ink dot or iPad pixel. The book is driven for paper and ink which I love (I just bought a sketch pad and some Tombow brush pens) but I ultimately will end up in ProCreate. Nonetheless, this guide by Paper Peony Press is the first book that makes me feel like I can DO this. If there's ever an expanded edition I'd love to see a hardcover spiral bound version that lays...

United States on Sep 24, 2018

Linda Martin: I am very much enjoying this bright and pretty beginner's calligraphy book. There are five alphabets included: brush lettering, hand lettering, sans serif, serif, and "fun" sans-serif. There are five pages at the beginning to give some essential background information including terminology, techniques, tools and tips. This is very easy reading... nothing complicated. You learn what ascenders and upstrokes are, as well as the difference between serif and sans serif in case you don't know already.

After the five introductory pages, the book gets into the lettering, with each section having a page showing all the lowercase (or uppercase) letters, right before the pages where you actually get to practice. The practice illustrations have an arrow so you know right where to start, in creating and duplicating the letter.

I had a bit of trouble getting started, while learning to do the upstrokes thin and the downstrokes thick. However - I bought a tablet with lined calligraphy paper:  Mont Marte Calligraphy Workbook 50 Sheets.  So I did a lot of my first lettering attempts there and kept this lettering book for when I truly started to get the feel for what...

United States on Jul 05, 2018