Reddit reviews The Calligrapher's Bible: 100 Complete Alphabets and How to Draw Them

It is The Calligrapher's Bible this book makes it easy to learn a lot of different scripts, I would definitely recommend this book

Not OP and could be wrong but think it's this:

https://www.amazon.com/Calligraphers-Bible-Complete-Alphabets-Draw/dp/0764156152

I think understanding edged-pen calligraphy is crucial to understanding type and lettering. I highly recommend picking up some calligraphy markers to start. They are cheap and durable. If you like doing it, then you can invest in some better pens. Get a lettering book and try the hands they show. Once you get comfortable with a couple standard styles, start improvising.

Markers:

Staedler Calligraphic Duo (two different width nibs)

Itoya Doubleheader (two different width nibs)

Marvy Calligraphy Marker (I suggest getting a 2mm and a 5mm)

Books:

The Calligrapher's Bible by David Harris


Speedball textbooks (you can pick up used ones fairly cheaply.)

Enjoy!

Welcome to the hobby! Some perspective:

1. Newbies focus on the tools ("I need a calligraphy pen!")
   
2. Amateurs focus on the letterforms ("I need to know the proper strokes and construction")
   
3. Intermediates focus on regularity ("My spacing and angles need to be perfect")
   
   …I cannot claim to know what comes next as I'm not sure I have much claim to anything beyond amateur. But here are some especially nice books on the subject I have found helpful:
   
   

• Calligraphy A to Z by Stuart David
  
• The Calligrapher's Bible by David Harris

I think it’s just called the Calligrapher’s Bible

Minuscule and Majuscule letters. You need to choose a hand, eg the Foundation hand, and then find a text that illustrates the ductus (drawing path, dimensions etc) for that hand on the page. Like the page on that link. There are many, many books, like The Calligrapher's Bible and there are resources online. You can also download and print guidelines (lined pages) to get your spacing and even your slant for italics. Someone in this subreddit posted a link to these in the last few days I think.

Perhaps search for 'calligraphy hands' and decide which hand you want to do. You seem to be looking at broad pen calligraphy, which is a good place to start, as pointed pen calligraphy can be a bit discouraging for a beginner.

This book is good, I am actually gonna pick it up myself.

Calligraphers Bible Complete Alphabets

Once you finish that you should be able to understand letter structure and develop your own typography.

For calligraphy, I recommend you this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Calligraphers-Bible-Complete-Alphabets-Draw/dp/0764156152

it have 100 scripts and they are very easy to follow. For cursive every-day handwriting, look for the Palmer Method:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method

How about a coffee table book that combines martial arts and photography:
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Warrior-Martial-Fighting-Styles/dp/0756639751/ref=la_B001NWTJSI_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418652802&sr=1-1

and some supplies for his calligraphy hobby like a book of different techniques: http://www.amazon.com/Calligraphers-Bible-Complete-Alphabets-Draw/dp/0764156152/ref=la_B000APU7TO_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418652881&sr=1-1

and some pens: http://www.amazon.com/Zig-Memory-Calligraphy-Markers-Multicolor/dp/B0050JKNFI/ref=sr_1_1?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1418652914&sr=1-1&pebp=1418652916253

Wow, thank you so much for the super informative response.

The book I am currently using is The Calligrapher's Bible by David Harris (and this is where that script came from), would you advise against using this?

The Calligrapher's Bible might work for you.

So, after weeks of just drilling strokes and what not, I decided to form some actual words. I'm a super beginner, but please don't have mercy on me, tell me what I need to work on.

My exemplar for this texture quadrata comes from a book The Calligrapher's Bible.

I think I'm pretty bad at my spatial awareness, so all the letters just kind of all look different and nothing is uniform. My "o" is also terrible. But I am sure you guys can give me much more specific details on what I need to work on.

Edit here's another one I just made, using the traditional "a" form

It kind of depends on what kind of calligraphy you'd like to try.

I'm still very much a learner myself, so take my recommendations with a grain of salt. But for traditional calligraphy, I like a pilot parallel and this book: The Calligrapher's Bible. It's not the best for basic technique, but for playing around and deciding what I liked it's been excellent.

I haven't found a good book for flex nib calligraphy, yet; I've mostly been working from printed sheets on the internet. The nib I'm using right now is a so-so speedball kit that takes a lot of pressure.

I strongly recommend this jetpens writeup which I've just found; there's a lot of great information here.

On an additional note, I've found that while I'm learning, a light table has been great for practice. It takes the pressure off of being able to eyeball and/or draw out all the needed guide lines; I can just trace while I get a feel for the basic mechanics of the pen. I wish I'd had one when I was learning traditional calligraphy, because it's really flattened the learning curve with brush and pointed pen.

Edit: out of curiosity, would anyone care to explain why I'm being downvoted here? It would be nice to engage in discussion on this, since the downvotes don't help either Sweatshirt or myself...