This book provides 100 outstanding brushstroke and free-style alphabets in one easy-to-use volume. The emphasis is on free style while the fonts take on a diversity of form: upright, lightface, Japanesque, slanting, bold, delicate, even, uneven, Hinduesque, thick, straightforward, informal, and many ... read more
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This book provides 100 outstanding brushstroke and free-style alphabets in one easy-to-use volume. The emphasis is on free style while the fonts take on a diversity of form: upright, lightface, Japanesque, slanting, bold, delicate, even, uneven, Hinduesque, thick, straightforward, informal, and many more. Includes number sets and special symbols.
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