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Gothic or black-letter script, practiced by many medieval scribes, was a principal model for printer's type when printing was first invented. Characteristic thick strokes and stress on points and angles give the style a power and dignity that transcends the temporal. Noted typographer and printing historian Dan X. Solo presents an impressive collection of 100 complete fonts of Old English and Gothic typefaces, derived from the immensely influential black-letter style. Choose from such classic type styles as: Abbey English, Alte Schwabacher, Blackstone, Caxton Initials, Dolbey, Engraver's Old English, Germania, Goudy Medieval, Lautenbach Initials, Munich Fraktur, Old Gothic Initials, Trump Deutsch, and 88 others. Almost all fonts include complete upper- and lower-case alphabets—many feature numerals and various punctuation marks. Attractive, versatile, and copyright-free, these alphabets are ready for immediate use on stationery, newsletters, posters, signs, greeting cards, and more. In fact, the high cost of setting specialty typefaces ensures that just a one-time use of material in this book will more than repay the cost of the entire volume. Graphic artists, illustrators, and designers will want to own this money-saving archive of elegant, ready-to-use Old English and Gothic fonts—unsurpassed for forceful, eye-catching appeal. Original Dover (1984) publication.
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Please see the Images I uploaded above in addition to the Look Inside feature. It cracks me up how 1/3 of the previous reviewers found this book useful in tattoo parlors!! (Are they still parlors? Am I showing my age?)
I have many lettering, calligraphy and charted alphabet books because I'm a stitcher and like to play at calligraphy. This book falls into the cracks of usefulness. I can't use it to design charts for samplers because they're not really transferable to a grid. I can't use it to learn calligraphy because the letters aren't even on lines, let alone any direction what brush strokes, etc. If you browse through the book, you see just how many alphabets are all but illegible. You wouldn't be able to tell the letters except knowing it's the alphabet.
The author, Dan Solo, has a kabillion such Dover books on letters. See also:
You think I'm kidding, but I am not. I do not know how many times I have searched the calligraphy books for "Old English" for proletariats who wished just the correct typography to permanently stain some dopey word to their body, apparently to guarantee a lifetime of minimum wage employment. This is just what they are looking for. 100 pages of fonts, one of which is guaranteed to meet the victim's expectations. So, you do not need to be a calligrapher to buy this book. A tattoo parlor or even a public library will find this book indispensible. I'm not kidding.
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I have been a collector of personalized and engraved coin jewelry also known as "love tokens" for 20+ years. While most of these items were created in the late 1880's, many use extremely archaic or obsolete lettering in their monograms, initials, phrases, names, etc. This book is invaluable.
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The book is pretty good if you're an experienced calligrapher. I've been working at the art as a hobby for about 30 years. I would not recommend this publication for a beginner. On the other hand, I have recommended the book to friends of mine.
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I was looking for a "source book" for some upcoming calligraphy projects. This book was stocked with fonts that I could easily repeat. Some very exquisite block designs that inspired me on a couple of my current projects.
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I got this book for my boyfriend for Christmas and he loved it. He does his own little tattoo thing,and he says it comes in handy when he is trying to find the right kind of font.
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The book was received in the delivery time and condition as promised, thank you. This book was recommended to me but I was not informed that it did not have instructions to write the letters. I really need to know 'how to' write the letters. It is great to have the illustrations of so many beautiful fonts in one book.
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Excellent reference for Gothic style lettering, though some font alphabets in my opinion are redundant and unnecessary.Still a great book to add to your library of reference materials.
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