Brush Lettering

A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating beautiful modern lettering with brushes and brush pens, complete with a sumptuous selection of projects. For the follow-up to her popular book Modern Lettering, calligrapher extraordinaire Rebecca Cahill Roots, AKA Betty Etiquette, concentrates on the area of calligraphy that she’s increasingly finding is the most popular: brush lettering. In this quirky and relatable guide, she guides you through how to usebrushes and brush pens to make exquisite letter forms. It’s a beautiful, free spirited style that, once you’ve cracked the basics, you can add your unique personality to. The book is divided by type of media, with each section containing a set of exercises to help you get used to the pen or brush, an alphabet and a set of numbers to copy, and an example quote in the lettering style.

Sections include:

To finish off, there’s a selection of pretty and practical projects to make using brush lettering, including sample layouts for bullet journals and celebration cards.

Author Biography

Rebecca Cahill Roots is an esteemed calligrapher who runs stationery and design studio Betty Etiquette. She teaches workshops in various places including the V&A and Liberty London, as well as creating bespoke stationery and creative commissions for events, marketing and editorial. She is the author of Modern Lettering, also published by Batsford.