Monday, February 20, 2023

Paul Antonio & Copperplate Lettering

Paul Antonio has worked with the Worshipful Society of Scriveners in London. One of his jobs was to hand-letter the laws of the land on vellum.

He also has lettered millions of envelopes for royal events.

He talks about the challenges of the job in the Calligraphy Podcast, where he tells his amazing personal story, growing up in Trinidad in the 1970s, when it wasn't easy to find out information about lettering. 

In 2018 he wrote an excellent book on Copperplate lettering.

You can see his studio in this video tour