Half title: Zodiac tablemat
design by the author, with a
lino cut by Pat Savage.
Frontispiece: printed curtain
material from a design by David
Kindersley. (see page 106)

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© 1985 by Rosemary Sassoon

First published in the USA in 1985 by Thames and Hudson Inc.,
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 84-52181

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Printed and bound in the German Democratic Republic

Contents

Preface
Part one Breaking away from the pen

Introduction 6

Beginning again 10 Breaking free 12
Loosening up exercises 14 Changing
proportions 18 Changing pen-angle 20
Drawing around letters 22
Three-dimensional letters 24 A short cut
to Roman letters 26
Expressive calligraphy 28

Part two Halfway there

Introduction 30

Timothy Donaldson 32 Patrick Knowles 38
Fiona Winkler 40 Judith Hammer 48
Lida Lopes Cardozo 50 Bettina Furnée 52

Part three Working with letters

Introduction 56

Gaynor Goffe 58 Gunnlaugur SE Briem 62

Rosemary Sassoon 70 Ray Hadlow 72

Pat Musick 76 Martin Wenham 80

Tom Perkins 82 Alec Peever 90

Will Carter 96 Lida Lopes Cardozo and David

Kindersley's workshop 100

David Kindersley 106

Epilogue 111
Acknowledgments 112