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With just a little practise - and this book to guide them - children can make eye-catching signs, design their own personal stationery, address colourful envelopes in elegant script and create pictures and other decorations to hang on the wall. Inside this guide, budding calligraphers will find new alphabets — and new ways to render the alphabets they already know — as well as fresh techniques and projects. There’s coverage of the basic rules of layout; a review of some of the fundamental skills; advice on changing the weight of italic letters and forming italic capitals; and an introduction to both Swing and Modern Gothic handwriting.

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From tools and techniques to fantastic projects, everything in this kid-friendly guide to the art of beautiful writing has been chosen specifically for children. Youngsters can use special felt-tipped pens called chisel-edged markers and the attractive pages, filled with brightly coloured examples, get kids started with simple zigzags and then move on to small and large italics, gothic lettering, uncial and Roman calligraphy. Children will enjoy using their new skills to write down poems, fashion border designs and create greeting cards and invitations.

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