Called "Black letters" because of the predominance of black strokes,
these powerful and luxurious letters were popular from the 13th century.

Lessons start with basic shapes and progress to the correct use of punctuation, letter variations, ligatures and numerals.
Elegant capitals from the book of hours of the Duke of Berry are analyzed before moving on to Lombardic initials and their decoration.
Colorful illustrations will keep you inspired for creating greeting cards and other calligraphy artworks.

In order to master this hand, everything you need to know is here!

Manual presentation: PDF file, 113 pages for text and practice models.

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