By Ruth Rowland
I enjoy working in a range of historic lettering styles to suit the time and subject of the book. I am happy to work to historic reference if asked by an art director and can adapt the forms to suit. Here the lettering has a flavour of the Tudor period but is designed to be legible and stand out on book shop shelves. I always enjoy trying new historic styles and with an interest in calligraphic and typographic history, I've collected a good range of material over the years from which to draw inspiration.
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Tudor Hand Lettered Book Title: Elizabeth & Mary by Jane Dunn
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Tudor Hand Lettered Book Title: Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny
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Tudor Hand Lettered Book Title: Mary Tudor by Linda Porter
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Tudor Hand Lettered Book Title: Katherine Howard by Joanna Denny
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Tudor Hand Lettered Book Title: 1603 by Christopher Lee
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