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  2. Illustrating Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien accompanied his Middle-earth fantasy writings with a wide variety of non-narrative materials, including paintings and drawings, calligraphy, and maps.In his lifetime, some of his artworks were included in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; others were used on the covers of different editions of these books, and later on the cover of The Silmarillion.

  3. Tengwar - Wikipedia

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    The first three lines: "All human beings are / born free and equal / in dignity and rights. The Tengwar ( / ˈ t ɛ ŋ ɡ w ɑː r / ) script is an artificial script , one of several scripts created by J. R. R. Tolkien , the author of The Lord of the Rings .

  4. Lettering - Wikipedia

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    Lettering is an act or result of artfully drawing letters, instead of writing them simply. Lettering is considered an art form, where each letter in a phrase or quote acts as an illustration . Each letter is created with attention to detail and has a unique role within a composition . [ 1 ]

  5. Lettering guide - Wikipedia

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    2.5 to 7 millimetres (0.1 to 0.3 in) lettering guides for technical drawings Lettering pens for lettering guide template. A lettering guide template is a special type of template used to write uniform characters. It consists of a sheet of plastic or other material with cut-outs of letters, numbers, and other shapes used especially for creating ...

  6. Trash polka - Wikipedia

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    The term 'Trash Polka' was created in 1998 by Volker Merschky and Simone Pfaff at Buena Vista Tattoo Club in Würzburg. [12] The artists originally gave their work the name 'Realistic Trash Polka' because they combined realistic images (Realistic), with graphic, lettering and other artistic layers (Trash). [13]

  7. Technical lettering - Wikipedia

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    A technical lettering stencil. Technical lettering is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing. It is used to describe, or provide detailed specifications for, an object. With the goals of legibility and uniformity, styles are standardized and lettering ability has little relationship to normal writing ...

  8. Alan Bartram (design writer) - Wikipedia

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    Bartram studied painting and typography and became a graphic designer, working for Lund Humphries and IBM. [2] He researched the history of British vernacular design and lettering, publishing books on traditional British tombstones, shop and street name lettering as well as on book typography.

  9. Michael Harvey (lettering artist) - Wikipedia

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    Michael Harvey MBE (11 November 1931 – 18 October 2013) [1] [2] was an English lettering artist, teacher, and writer specialising in lettering, type design, and letter cutting. His work appears in many English cathedrals and on the National Gallery, London. 1 [3] Originally he was inspired by reading Eric Gill's Autobiography. [4]