Speedball textbook for pen and brush lettering
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The art of hand-lettering, its mastery & practice by Helm Wotzkow
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Calligraphy by Claude Mediavilla
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Alphabets & ornaments by Ernst Lehner
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The art of illuminating by W. R. Tymms, Matthew Digby Wyatt
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Celtic design by Aidan Meehan
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Ready-to-Use Ornate Letters and Initials by Dan X. Solo
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Of the just shaping of letters by Albrecht Dürer
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House Industries Lettering Manual
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Lettercarving in Wood by Chris Pye
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The Solotype catalogue of 4,147 display typefaces by Dan X. Solo
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Subjects

Lettering, Specimens, Alphabet, Type and type-founding, Penmanship, Calligraphy, Printing, History, Early works to 1800, Decoration and ornament, Initials, Writing, Juvenile literature, Copybooks, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Patterns, English language, Alphabet books, Monograms, Language and languages

Places

Italy, England, United States, France, Germany, Rome, Netherlands, Egypt, New York (State), Rome (Italy), Great Britain, New York, Rome (Empire), Soviet Union, Spain, Africa, Austria, India, Innsbruck, Japan

People

Hermann Zapf, Luca Pacioli (ca. 1445-1517), Andreas Uebele, David Kindersley, Felice Feliciano (active 15th century), Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947), Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601), Leopardo Antonozzi, Lucas Pacioli, Ronald King (1932-)

Times

19th century, 20th century, 17th century, 21st century, 18th century, 15th century, 16th century, 186-?, Early modern, 1500-1700, Elizabeth, 1558-1603

Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
Dan X. Solo, 34 books
Freeman Delamotte, 11 books
Sebastiano Serlio, 10 books
Russell Maret, 9 books
Ludovico degli Arrighi, 9 books
Lewis Foreman Day, 8 books
Shaw, Henry, 8 books
Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, 7 books
J. Midolle, 7 books
Armin Haab, 6 books
Dover Publications, Inc., 6 books
Stanley Morison, 6 books
Bruce Rogers, 6 books
Frederic W. Goudy, 5 books
Hermann Zapf, 5 books
Daniel T. Ames, 5 books
Albrecht Dürer, 5 books
Owen Jones, 5 books
Jan Tschichold, 4 books
Oscar Ogg, 4 books
Geoffroy Tory, 4 books
Percy John Delf Smith, 4 books
Mel Gooding, 4 books
Carol Belanger Grafton, 4 books
Wolfgang Fugger, 4 books