This book is a comprehensive guide to calligraphy. Contents Include: Introduction, Making friends with your pen, Learning to write, Other types of writing, Layout, Decorative Capitals and Versal Letters, Other decorative uses of the pen, Traditional materials of the scribe, Planning and executing panels, addresses, greetings cards, and maps, Planning and executing manuscript books, Gilding, Methods of presentation, Miscellaneous information useful to the scribe. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.