Of the Just Shaping of Letters: From the Applied Geometry of Albrecht Durer Book

by Albrecht Dürer, R.T. Nichol (Translator)

A highly interesting facet of the work of a master eloquent in various spheres of art, this historically important little book is principally concerned with setting up precise rules for the geometric construction of Roman capitals. The book was written by Dürer in 1525. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless book.

Genres: Design

54 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1965

About the author

German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer incorporated the classicism of the Renaissance of Italy into northern European art.

This printmaker and theorist hailed from Nuremberg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrech...

Reviews

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A step by step handbook for creating perfect letters using geometry. Probably won’t come into play in my life but a beautiful book nonetheless.

[SANDRA AUSTIN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Detailed instruction book for expert lettering

Among my top three favorite calligraphy instructional resources.

This has been such an excellent resource on the proper creation of Durer's beautiful alphabet that I had to purchase the paper copy as well, so I could bring it with me to study from and use everywhere, as it's just not practical to use the Kindle while practicing lettering, as you can spend many hours perfecting each letter...and turning the Kindle on and off every few minutes is distracting and ineffective...