Learn Beautiful Letterforms Step by Step
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Light pressure going up, more pressure coming down: the one rule behind thick and thin lines, with four practice stages and advice on where the pressure should change.
Meet the eight basic strokes of pressure-based calligraphy: what each one is, how the pressure changes inside it, which letters use it, and how to practice a row of each between guidelines.
Two short starter kits, one built around a brush pen and one around a pointed dip pen, with what each item does, how to judge tools by type, and what can wait until later.
The three main families of calligraphy, sorted by tool: pointed pen, broad edge and brush. See how each makes thick and thin lines, what it asks of a beginner, and how to pick one.
Calligraphy is written and hand lettering is drawn. See how that one difference changes the tools, the process and what you practice, so you can tell which craft you want to learn.
A plain orientation for your first weeks of calligraphy: what the craft is, which tool to pick, and why strokes come before letters and letters before words.
