Recommended Calligraphy Books
Lesley . . . can firmly recommend all these books for the keen calligrapher - but please remember the point of us providing these suggestions is to get more suggestions back from yourselves!
There may be nothing startlingly original in this list, but I hope it will be of interest to you. If you have any favourite titles which are not on this list, please send your ideas via the guest-book form or e-mail!
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Historical Scripts | Stan Knight |
| Calligraphy Made Easy | Gaynor Goffe |
| Calligraphy - the Rhythm of Writing | Satwinder Sehmi |
| Step-by-Step Calligraphy | Susan Hufton |
| Calligrapher's Handbook | Heather Child (Ed.) |
| Calligraphy MasterClass | Peter Halliday (Ed.) |
| Calligraphy - Inspiration, Innovation, Communication | David Harris |
| A Book of Formal Scripts | John Woodcock |
| Experiments with Calligraphy | Margaret Daubney |
| Layout & Design for Calligraphers | Alan Furber |
| Little Manual Of Calligraphy | Charles Pearce |
| Pen Lettering | Ann Camp |
| The Art of Colour Calligraphy | Mary Noble |
| Advanced Calligraphy Techniques | Diana Hoare |
| Art Of Illuminated Letters | Timothy Noad |
| Calligrapher's Project Book | Susanne Haines |
| Calligraphy Source Book | Miriam Stribley |
| Encyclopaedia Of Calligraphy Techniques | Diana Hardy Wilson |
| Enrich Your Calligraphy | Diana Hardy Wilson |
| Illumination - Source Book for Modern Calligraphers | Christopher Jarman |
| Calligraphy | Michael Gullick |
| Capitals for Calligraphy | Margaret Shepherd |
| Celtic Alphabets | Aidan Meehan |
| Celtic Initials & Alphabets | Courtney Davis |
| Celtic Ornament | Courtney Davis |
| Lindisfarne Gospels | Janet Backhouse |
| The Book of Kells | Peter Brown |
| The Book of Kells | Bernard Meehan |
| More Than Fine Writing - Life of Irene Wellington | Heather Child |
| Painting for Calligraphers | Marie Angel |
| Colour Calligraphy | David Graham |
| Creative Calligraphy | Rachel Yallop |
| Decorative Alphabets Throughout the Ages | Pat Russell |
| Illuminated Alphabets | Patricia Carter |
| Illuminated Calligraphy | Patricia Carter |
| Art of Calligraphy, West Europe/America | Joyce Irene Whalley |
| Medieval Calligraphy | Marc Drogin |
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