Written Letters: 33 Alphabets for Calligraphers

by Jacqueline Svaren

Models of popular historical lettering systems from incised Roman to Italic are accompanied by advice on their execution

Genres: Textbooks

74 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1985

Reviews

[Yingtai · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only flipped through this book. For the record, her calligraphy is a little crude (she stresses that the alphabets were executed without corrections, but the edges are ragged and her Rustic has a slight bulge instead of a skirt). But she is surprisingly good on history, e.g. ductus and historical development of letterforms. And of course she has strange ideas about Chinese/Japanese ink - I think she referred to Chinese sumi ink! - but I suppose she was writing a while ago.

[Vanessa Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

my grandmother Jacqueline Svaren wrote this book so of course I think its fantastic! Not to mention her absolutely beautiful strokes. :-)