The founding manual of the modern calligraphy revival, teaching the use of the broad-edged pen to recover the beauty of formal handwriting and the illuminated page. Johnston, who later designed the London Underground typeface, made lettering a living craft again and trained the designers who shaped twentieth-century type.
Sources for Edward Johnston — Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering
Edward Johnston — Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering in Handicraft
Held in the Handicraft chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Thérèse de Dillmont — Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886)
- Butterick Publishing Co. — The Art of Knitting (1892)
- Jane Gaugain — The Lady’s Assistant for Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (1842)
- Butterick Publishing Co. — The New Dressmaker (1921)
- Weldon & Co. — Weldon’s Practical Needlework (c. 1890)
- Miss Lambert — My Crochet Sampler (1844)
- Miss Lambert — My Knitting Book (Second Series) (1847)
- Belle Robinson — The Priscilla Crochet Book: Centerpieces and Doilies (1915)
- Annie E. Myers — Home Dressmaking (1892)
- Federico Vinciolo — Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtraicts (1587)
- Cesare Vecellio — Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne (1591)