Lettering From A to Z
Spark Your Creativity with Calligraphy
“I found Lettering from A to Z to be an open door, inviting me to play and create in entirely new ways.” —Sherry Richert Belul, author of Say it Now and founder of Simply Celebrate
Winner Indie Book Award for Gift/Specialty/Novelty Book in 2021
Winner 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards (2021) for Crafts & Hobbies
#1 New Release in Handwriting Reference, Mixed Media, and Printmaking
Lettering artist Phawnda Moore has been teaching calligraphy and design for 25 years. An award-winning author, she steps into beginning students’ shoes to select content, address anticipated questions, and offer solutions to the unexpected yet inevitable problems that are encountered in hand lettering.
Your creative life will be enriched with step-by-step tutorials “from A to Z.” Written in conversational narrative, this full-color book includes more than 200 images of Phawnda’s professional work, published articles, and guidance from her class demos to make beautiful projects. Blending traditional design principles and modern tools, it inspires you to find your own style.
Phawnda's instruction includes:
- 12 styles (Uncial calligraphy, Italic calligraphy, script calligraphy, brush lettering, faux calligraphy, rainbow lettering, monoline letters, handwriting and drawn letters)
- Customized, printable practice sheets
- Recommended writing tools, papers, sources, printing tips
- Layout, color, and design basics
- Lettering projects for youngsters
- Tips on how to organize your studio space
- Tips on sharing your skills in teaching, business, events, home, garden, and community
- Illustrating with calligraphy tools
- Projects to make handmade birthday cards, holiday cards, journals of your life, and easy-to-design art books
If you enjoyed Hand Lettering 101, The Lost Art of Handwriting, or Hand Lettering for Relaxation, then it’s time to grab a copy of Lettering from A to Z and reconnect to your natural creativity.
Book details
- Author
- Phawnda Moore
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 224
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Art › Techniques › Calligraphy
Art › Techniques › Drawing › Pen & Ink
Self-Help › Journaling
Self-Help › Creativity - Topics
- calligraphy · hand lettering · lettering styles · pen and ink · penmanship · creative journaling · art supplies · beginner art
- ISBN-13
- 9781642503821
About the author
PHAWNDA MOORE has written, edited, and designed more than 100 published books, blogs, and articles, and has taught calligraphy in person for 25 years.
Moore’s first lettering book was selected as a winner in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. She has received a Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications and two awards from the National School Public Relations Association for creative work at county and state offices of education.
When she’s not writing, Moore creates organic lettering art—formally trained as a graphic designer—whose alphabet, Letters by Phawnda, was licensed by Chameleon Art Products in the U.K. She is a member of the online calligraphy group Scribbled Lives and several U.S. calligraphy guilds.
Phawnda lives in Northern California with her husband, Ron.