A hugely useful book for any design or craft project. It features 24 alphabet and number set stencils printed on perforated card stock so that they can be torn out and used. From simple sans serif fonts to ornate letters, they can be used in interior design work, such as on cushions, curtains, walls and lampshades. You can monograph chests and luggage too. They are great for any craft project such as textiles, quilting, clothes design, appliqué, cardmaking or scrapbooking. You could even use them for cake decorating and wedding material. The sets include matching upper and lower case fonts. Accents and symbols are included so you can compose in any European language.You can customize your project to say exactly what you want it to say. A short introduction on how to use and make the most of the stencil is included at the front of the book. A great resource for any artist, designer or crafter.

Can add a personal touch or professional finish to beautiful handcrafted work -- but making the letters is often an area of struggle for even the most gifted crafter. In this useful guidebook, you'll find simple instructions, practical tools, and traceable templates for crafters seeking to embellish their work with the power of words. Here are approachable, easy-to-learn calligraphy secrets that don't require hours of practice, along with practical lettering advice for the range of crafts surfaces, from paper and fabric, to glass and wood. Romantic, Modern, Decorative, and Vintage lettering offers a universe of choices -- practical applications on everything from frames and clocks, to lamp shades, plates, and journals provide wonderful crafting inspiration. Book jacket.

Relief printing : woodcut, metal type, and wood engraving -- Intaglio and planographic printing : engraving, etching, mezzotint, and lithography -- Color printing : hand coloring and multiple-impression color -- Bits and pieces : modern art prints, oddities, and photographic precursors -- Early photography in silver : daguerreotypes, early silver paper processes and tintypes -- Non-silver processes : carbon, blueprint, platinum, and a couple of others -- Modern photography : developing-out gelatin silver printing -- Color notes : primary colors and neutrality -- Color photography : separation-based processes and chromogenic prints -- Photography in ink : relief and intaglio printing : the letterpress halftone and gravure printing -- Photography in ink : planographic printing : collotype and photo offset lithography -- Digital processes : binary issues, inkjet, dye sublimation, and digital C-prints -- Where do we go from here? : some questions about the future

Using a combination of explanatory text, step-by-step photographs and classic and contemporary examples, this unique survey brings together over 80 processes involved in creating lettering and applying it to surfaces. Included are hand-drawn lettering techniques (from sign writing to tattooing); dimensional lettering (hand engraving to laser cutting); typesetting (from letterpress to lettering in food); printing (Letraset to printing on bank notes); lettering on textiles (embroidery to flag-making); and illuminated type (neon signage to holography). Lettering is an essential and exhaustive reference guide for any designer wishing either to create lettering themselves or to commission work from external sources.

This thorough workbook provides a complete course in calligraphy, from basic alphabets and letterforms to templates, from spacing and layout to complex projects. It’s big, it’s complete, and it’s filled with the most detailed lessons on calligraphy anyone will ever need. A complete overview of the basic tools explains what each pen can do, and how inks and paints can affect the quality of the work. Several tasks are laid out for students to master: They can start with "skeleton letters,” and then gradually try more complex forms, including Rustica, Antique Uncials, and Carolingian. Prepare for a project by understanding line spacing, centering, layout, pasting up, and using color. Then, see how to make giftwrap, fashion handmade greeting cards, design posters, and copy poetry and prose.

Learn how to make your words POP off the page with this sensational guide. It's absolutely bursting with themed alphabets, phrases, and words about travel, food, school, celebrations, monsters, and more. Learn how to create awesome posters, signs, school projects, and more. Includes 12 bonus stencils!