A celebration of the 105th-year anniversary of the first edition’s debut, the 25th edition of The Speedball Textbook represents the vision of new co-editors Suzanne Cunningham, Carl Rohrs and Sachin Shah.

History, guidelines, and styles are all rolled into this retro-looking textbook for the aspiring calligraphist. Learn how to care for calligraphy tools, which materials to use for various styles, how to angle, slant, and space lettering, how to practice certain lettering styles following stroke order, how to scale design work manually, and more. The textbook is also rife with the history of Speedball and calligraphy and contains a great variety of lettering styles and uses made with all sorts of calligraphy tools for practice and inspiration, as well as over 25 pages of enhanced pointed pen content. 

Author: Collective

Publisher: Speedball

Number of pages: 120

ISBN: 651032030734