Rosemary Sassoon, G S E Briem

Improve Your Handwriting

Learn to write in a confident and fluent hand: the writing classic for adult learners and calligraphy enthusiasts

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Produktbeschreibung

The only book designed for adults who have problems with their handwriting, this practical and informative title will help you correct problems and develop a mature and individual style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 129mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9781444103793
• ISBN-10: 1444103792
• Artikelnr.: 28939440

Autorenporträt

Rosemary Sassoon is a handwriting consultant specialising in the educational and medical areas. Her background is in lettering and design, but her fieldwork and research into adult problems form the basis for this book. She lectures widely and is the author of several books. Gunnlaugur SE Briem is a designer with a Ph.D from the Royal College of Art in London who divides his time between Britain and California. He has taken an active interest in the experimental teaching of italic handwriting in his native Iceland. He is on the advisory board of Visible Language and has designed several typefaces, including a new family for the Times newspaper.

Inhaltsangabe

: Part one: Handwriting problems
: 1. Self-diagnosis
: 2. More about self-diagnosis
: 3. Practical matters
: 4. Help for left-handers
: 5. More serious problems
: Part two: How to put things right
: 6. Regaining control
: 7. Rhythm and texture
: 8. A training model
: 9. Joining up
: 10. Personal modifications
: 11. Capital letters
: Part three: Before and after
: Part four: Finishing touches
: 12. Layout
: 13. A more formal model