If you are seeking ideas for your projects, look no further. We have just added two new Celtic Design Source books to our range of books. These stylised illustrations of designs inspired by Celtic art and craft will help you create original pieces of work to be proud of.
The Celtic Borders & Motifs book and the Celtic Knotwork Designs books are both beautifully illustrated photocopiable collection of decorative Celtic patterns. They contain classic illustrations that will inspire calligraphers and artists in creating ideas and projects.
Celtic Books
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| We are now supplying Sennelier Indian Ink in 125ml size bottles as well as the 30ml bottles.
This is a deep black Indian Ink that is indelible and lightfast. When diluted with water it becomes less indelible.
Suitable for calligraphy and brush work.
This ink is not recommended for fountain pens.
Drawing Inks
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As discussed in the Ruling Up post, accuracy is important. But of course, ruling up accurately can also take a long time. If you only have a spare 30 minutes or so to do some practicing, you don’t want to spend most of that time ruling-up 
This is when our Guidline Generator can help 
Simply select the distances between the lines and hit click the create button. Then once one page has been generated you can print it from within your browser. When printing your paper tell your browser to print just the first page (”Print Pages 1-1″). You can set the Copies to the number of sheets you require.
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We are currently working hard on the backroom part of the business.
As part of our plan of improvements, we are now using Worldpay as our Payment Service Provider. Worldpay, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) processes online, your card details, rather than us manually entering the card information. This also means a wider range of card types can now be accepted. Now, we never see your card details (unless you order by post or telephone).
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I don’t know anybody that likes ruling up. As previously mentioned the X-Height Calculator and consequently the business, started from not enjoying ruling the paper. (see starting scribblers post for more background on the business).
However, from observations in the classroom, many students have made ruling up hard work. These tips may help:
Accuracy is most important. Time taken to accurately rule up will save a great deal of frustration later on. Ruling up needs to be accurate and consistent. I have seen people produce roughs and then rule up the final piece inaccurately. This caused their writing to be slightly smaller, creating a line of text not as long as their rough, which meant the text was no longer centrered.
How many people try and rule-up a small x-height using a blunt pencil? Blunt pencils cause two problems. Firstly, the marks you make on the paper will be thick - first opportunity for an inaccuracy to occur. Secondly, the lines themselves are thick. With a large x-height you can get away with it but not with a small x-height.
Choice of pencils. I like to use a softer pencil (B or 2B). Many calligraphers prefer a harder pencil (4H or harder). I’m not sure if the grade of the pencil lead is important? What does matter is how hard you press the pencil on the paper to produce the guidelines. With a softer pencil you can get away with more pressure than you can using a hard pencil. Too much pressure with a hard pencil will permanently mark the paper even after erasing the pencil lines.
Sharp pencil. Use a sharp pencil for finer lines. Or alternatively you could use an Automatic Pencil, with a lead thickness of 0.5mm or even 0.3mm.
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