Author Archives: Steve Husting

About Steve Husting

Steve Husting is a mild webmaster by day and fearless writer by night. He is deaf, loves making calligraphy, hiking, terrific movies, and making the Bible's message clear to his readers. His devotionals are regularly published in Daily Devotionals for the Deaf, and his latest apps are sold in the iTunes App Store. His self-published Christian and calligraphy books are on lulu.com/spotlight/stevehusting

Homework Assignment, monoline

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

Here is a homework project I recently completed. I’m attending a Barbara Close workshop held in Costa Mesa, CA, learning Roman Monoline. This project constraints included using two colors of gouache paint and two sizes of round pen nibs. (Gouache … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Calligraphy Links

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

I’ve been gathering calligraphy resource links on the web to add to my calligraphy apps. I’m putting them up here so anyone can enjoy the links. They are on two pages, one for videos, the other for non-videos. The pages … Continue reading →

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Now working on the next calligraphy app

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

I finished the videos for the lowercase (minuscule) letters and am well on the way through taping the majuscule letters. I’m working on the Gothic Textura alphabet, as shown in Sheila Waters’ Foundations of Calligraphy book. I’ll post some examples … Continue reading →

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New updates coming for Learn Italic Calligraphy!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

I’ve completely redone the upper case (majuscule) lettering videos to include the swash variation on the same video as the lower-case (minuscule) version. The videos have already been edited. If you like the treatment I did with the lower-case standard-plus-swash … Continue reading →

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V3 of the calligraphy app has just been released!

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Apple announced that the Learn Italic Calligraphy app is “Ready for Sale!” So see what’s new and get a look at a new video uploaded.

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New changes to the January 2012 version of Learn Italic Calligraphy iPhone app

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

My iPhone app, Learn Italic Calligraphy V3, still aimed at beginners, will have a few exciting additions! Watch the video of V3! 1. Several lowercase videos have been completely re-shot to show their simple and swash styles side by side. … Continue reading →

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2011 Christmas Card Design Process

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

I thought I would describe the design process for my 2011 calligraphy Christmas card. After several false starts, I decided on a circular design, with “Merry” repeated around “Christmas,” flourished inside and out. I was determined to keep it simple … Continue reading →

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