Elementi della calligrafia, ossia, L'arte di scrivere bene : con otto tavole di esemplari, per formar facilmente i caratteri di diversa grandezza colle debite proporzioni
Elementi della calligrafia is a 1807 Venetian writing manual by Francesco Soave, printed at the Graziosi press for students learning penmanship. Its engraved plates show model letterforms and their construction in cursive and minuscule scripts, with a decorative flourish ornament at the end. A designer could draw on the clear stroke geometry of the guide grids and the rhythmic spacing of the alphabet rows for lettering layouts.
