Have you ever wanted to try your hand at calligraphy? This book will tell you how to make beautiful lettering without buying special pens and equipment. With a little practice and some imagination you can create lettering and patterns with any crayon or felt tip. Once you have mastered the basic skills you can design your own cards, posters, books, announcements and monograms as well as make mobiles and word-pictures. Follow Peter Halliday’s tips on how to get the best effects from the equpiment to hand: it doesn’t matter how inexperienced you are, all you have to do is pick up a pen and start lettering!