Copperplate Calligraphy Handbook

The most comprehensive compendium on the most admired calligraphy

Developed in the 18th century by English masters, Copperplate calligraphy is admired for its fluidity and beauty. It is the most popular style for social correspondence, invitations and other communications requiring elegant handwriting. In this practical handbook, celebrated calligraphy teacher Eleanor Winters offers experts and amateurs alike a comprehensive step-by-step guide. After a brief but fascinating account of the history of the Copperplate, the author moves on to an in-depth examination of the alphabet, numerals and punctuation marks. Each letter is explained stroke by stroke with great clarity.

The reader will also find detailed instructions on how to write in colour, how to use the right paper, and how to retouch, correct and cut out. Finally, Eleanor Winters teaches how to write paragraphs, quotations or poems, as well as the commercial use of the Copperplate for writing addresses on envelopes, cards and invitations. With this simple manual and some practice, calligraphers will be able to create Copperplate pieces with the rhythm, elegance and ease of the great writing masters.

Eleanor Winters

Eleanor Winters has been teaching calligraphy for over 35 years. She is an adjunct professor of art at Long Island University and teaches classes and workshops at the Society of Scribes in New York, as well as in various locations in the United States, Asia and Europe. Eleanor lives half the year in Brooklyn, New York, and the other half in Paris and the Netherlands. She is married to the Dutch artist Leendert van der Pool. She has published the book Initiation to Calligraphy with the same publisher.

Publisher: Drac