This is the first comprehensive guide to the ancient art of Hebrew lettering. The book offers amateurs, artists, & beginners of all ages everything they need to know to make beautiful Hebrew script. You will Tools & materials needed Different properties of various pens & inks The theory of angles & proportion Portfolio of beautifully hand lettered plates to guide you Suggestions for the choice of a text, script, layout, & deigns (major headings only) Part Preliminaries & preparation 1. What you need 2. Preparing yourself for calligraphy 3. Theory & practice Part The plates Introduction to the plates The YOD group The slanted VAV group The squared off letter or wedge group The truncated RESH group The rounded letter group The anomalous letter group Additional plates Part Developing an illuminated manuscript 1. After the plates 2. The manuscript 3. Illuminating the manuscript Part The art of the Sofer There are illustrations throughout the book.