Washoe County Library System

Bring warmth and inspiration into your home with hand-lettered signs! You can create your own lettering art to personalize your wall decor and add modern farmhouse style to every area of your home. Even if you’re new to hand lettering, you’ll find it easier than you ever imagined.

Presenting advice and instruction on a more basic level than found in most other calligraphy books, this resource takes absolute beginners by the hand and walks them through 15 key alphabets. The book's final section shows how to add color and sparkle to a text by employing illumination techniques that are quick to learn and fun to do.

After learning how to draw Chinese characters, Lulu and her dog Dumpling step into a magical world where the characters come to life. Lulu and her dog Dumpling enter a magical world where Chinese calligraphy comes to life in this beautifully illustrated, interactive picture book about family, tradition, and the importance of kindness. After Grandpa introduces calligraphy and Chinese characters to Lulu and her dog Dumpling, they find themselves magically...

As bombs and missiles fall on Baghdad in 2003, a young boy uses the art of calligraphy to distance himself from the horror of war.

This largely pictorial survey embraces the development and practice of Western calligraphy in the twentieth century. It ranges from the revival by Edward Johnston of calligraphy based on historical scripts, through the pioneering work of his students in Britain, Germany and North America, to the current period of expansion and new forms of expression. Calligraphers are increasingly looking beyond the traditional to the dynamics of German graphic design...

Jasmine's grandfather teaches her Chinese calligraphy by drawing and making up stories together. Includes information about Chinese characters and a glossary of words in the story.