The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting : Cursive & Calligraphic / Fred Eager

Identifier:REF.CL.1452

Dimensions:113 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Copyright dates:1974

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Calligraphy, Penmanship

Description:"The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting is your key to mastering the Italic hand quickly and simply -- minutes a day will do it. A step-by-step, trace-and-copy manual, it shows how to develop the handwriting you would really prefer -- legible and beautiful, yet characteristically your own...The foundation of the Eager system is a dual approach: you learn two basic hands simultaneously -- calligraphic and cursive -- one handsome, the other functional, and then find the happy medium between." Contents: Getting Acquainted -- Let's Get Started -- Project I: The Calligraphic Mode of Italic Handwriting - Posture - Penhold - Basic Shapes - Spacing -- Project II: Edged Pen - Pen Angle - Alphabet with Pen -- Project III: The Cursive Mode of Italic Handwriting -- Project IV: Capitals - Proportions - Simple Block Capitals -- Project V: Review and Layout (Calligraphic Mode) -- Now We're Writing -- Project VI: Using the Medium Pen -- Project VII: Simple Roman Capitals -- Project VIII: Doubles and Variations for Both Modes -- Project IX: Building Speed -- Project X: Simple Flourished Capitals -- Project XI: Flourishes for the Calligraphic Mode Only -- Making It Yours -- What's Next for You? -- Project XII: Developing Your Personal Style - OR - Decisions! Decisions! -- Buoys (Guide Sheets)