Getty Dubay Italic Handwriting Series

Download or read book Italic Handwriting Series written by Barbara Getty and published by Continuing Education Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Write Now written by Barbara Getty and published by Continuing Education Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Write Now written by Barbara Getty and published by Getty-Dubay. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's so natural and easy to have better handwriting. WRITE NOW is a self-instructional course in modern italic handwriting, containing everything you need to improve the legibility, ease and look of your handwriting -- a complete workbook for adults and professionals. This popular book in the United States is now available internationally with this new edition. Improve the legibility, ease and look of your handwriting with this complete workbook for adults and professionals. Learn a fast, efficient and practical handwriting style that eliminates the loops and flourishes of conventional cursive. Italic is a modern handwriting system based on Italian Renaissance letterforms that are highly suited to rapid and legible writing, where rhythmic patterns follow the natural movement of the hand. Italic's handsome letters are as easy to write as they are to read. Send handwritten notes you can be proud of. Friends and business associates will appreciate receiving legible and distinctive handwritten messages. Poor handwriting isn't your fault. The looped cursive handwriting most of us were taught was simply not designed to accomplish the necessary combination of legibility, speed, and ease. WRITE NOW is a self-instructional course in modern italic handwriting. A complete program for adults. Contains instructions, practice exercises and tips. The new edition includes a supplementary section with a complete review of basic and cursive italic. An easy way to develop a better hand at your own pace. Write directly in the book. No special tools are required -- just your favorite pen or pencil. Includes instruction in edged-pen writing (edged pen required for this section). Also includes the historical development of letters. Entire book is handwritten. "It's a breakthrough at last!" -- Betty Edwards, PhD, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain "When one consciously chooses to communicate, this remarkable script forces the writer to think more clearly, fostering greater mental discipline and organization. Italic handwriting is legible and handsome - I find it soul-satisfying. I recommend Write Now - the book to use. Long live legibility!" -- Paul O. Jacobs, M.D. "Write Now by Barbara Getty and Inga Dubay is the best book on italic handwriting -- or any handwriting -- I've come across. Handsomely handwritten, wondrously clear, easy to use, and even witty, WRITE NOW is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to learn Italic or (as I did) improve a deteriorated script." -- Kitty Burns Florey, author Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall Of Handwriting "The hospital staff calls it a miracle. I can now communicate my ideas to other physicians. My wife tells me she can read my love letters. All of this accomplished by improving the legibility of my handwriting with Getty-Dubay." -- Stephen Caplan, MD International edition 101 pages.

Download or read book Italic Letters written by Inga Dubay and published by Continuing Education Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide to italic calligraphy! Italic Letters: Calligraphy & Handwriting by Inga Dubay and Barbara Getty is the most comprehensive "how-to" workbook that exists on learning italic: 128 pages of step-by-step, beautifully illustrated instruction. The teaching method is "hands-on": you learn to write beautifully by writing. The book provides page after page of models to trace and letters to copy. Each letter is presented in both a monoline tool, for informal and rapid writing, and an edged tool, for an elegant, formal hand. Dubay and Getty take you through basic italic, formal italic, chancery italic then cursive italic, four classic hands that will earn you a lifetime of compliments in both your formal calligraphy and everyday handwriting. Once you have mastered the letterforms, the authors show you how to use your calligraphic skills to design and produce posters, invitations, letters, cards, booklets, and envelopes. This resilient book is for serious calligraphers and those who simply want better penmanship. Italic Letters is for professional and amateur calligraphers, art teachers, and enthusiasts of the book arts. It's also for students, business people, homemakers; virtually anyone who wants to learn calligraphy and improve handwriting legibility. In this age of computer-generated letters and forms, people admire more than ever the beauty and personal impact of handwritten communication.

Download or read book Getty-Dubay Italic Calligraphy: for School & Home written by Inga Dubay and published by Getty-Dubay. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the art of calligraphy in school or at home with this hands-on book designed for ages 7 and up. Step-by-step lessons make it easy to create beautiful writing.You can fall in love with letters with this handsome, hands-on introduction to calligraphy. Internationally recognized calligrapher Inga Dubay takes you from your first strokes all the way to writing pangrams and quotations with a window into the wondrous history of letters. You will find all the information you need to explore the benefits and beauty of calligraphy in school or at home, and emerge with a solid grounding in italic calligraphy including capitals, lowercase, and numerals. This program also goes beyond basic calligraphy skill to include word roots, most used words, and greeting card design.In this companion to the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series, Dubay takes you through formal italic, chancery italic, plain capitals and then cursive italic - skills that will last a lifetime. Once you have mastered the letterforms, the author shows you how to use your calligraphic skills to design and produce letters, cards, and envelopes. You will also have the opportunity to learn more about the history of writing and explore how calligraphy has changed over the centuries.Getty-Dubay Italic Calligraphy is perfect for the classroom or homeschool setting, but will also suit adults, amateur calligraphers, art teachers, and enthusiasts of the book arts - virtually anyone who wants to learn to write with an edged pen.Getty-Dubay Italic Calligraphy for School and Home also includes extensive opportunities for exploration of historical edged-pen scripts from the Roman era through Uncial, Humanist, Black Letter and Italic.What makes this book unique is our collection of online resources, including Do-it-yourself Worksheets, Instructional Videos and a Certificate of Completion. As with the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series, this book's detailed objectives and clear instructions makes it easy to bring calligraphy into your classroom or homeschool without prior experience."Calligraphy practice using Inga's lessons is a transformative experience for my class. Students beg for more." - Zachary Vestal, 4Th Grade Teacher

Download or read book The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting written by Fred Eager and published by Girard & Stewart. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Teach-Yourself Guide to Italic Handwriting The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting is your key to mastering the Italic hand in just minutes a day. Originally developed in the early Renaissance as a "speedwriting" technique by Papal scribes who wanted to combine beauty and legibility with speed, Italic handwriting continues to appear today on diplomas, wedding invitations, and other special announcements. Now through modern teaching methods developed by Fred Eager, this handwriting can be yours. The foundation of the Eager system is a dual approach: you learn calligraphic and cursive simultaneously--one handsome, the other functional--to synthesize a perfect balance. Eager's techniques have been widely used throughout the United States and inspired the resurgence of Italic classes and clubs from coast to coast. In this step-by-step, trace-and-copy manual, renowned Italic instructor Fred Eager shows how to develop the ideal handwriting--legible and beautiful, yet characteristically your own.

Download or read book Italic Calligraphy and Handwriting written by Lloyd J. Reynolds and published by Taplinger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1969 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for the use of students and teachers who believe that they need more detailed direction in learning Italic than is available in Mr. Fairbank's Manual or in Mr. Benson's The First Writing Book. It is recommended that these three books be studied together, especially the writings of Alfred Fairbank, to whom we are all indebted for the Italic revival.