Getty-Dubay Italic Calligraphy for School and Home traces the development of calligraphic styles through time, with practice exercises in the Italic Calligraphy style. An introduction to edged pens and other materials used for calligraphy is given before step-by-step instruction on writing lowercase letters and formal capital letters and numbers. This is followed by exercises that include copywork based upon geography, quotations, Greek and Latin root words, and more. 64 pages, softcover.