Springtime is finally here, and we are excited to see sunshine and warm weather headed our way. With wedding season in full swing and summer conferences on the way, spring is a busy time for everyone.
We have loaded this month's enewsletter with new supplies, plus discounted books and clearance items. You will also find links to upcoming events and the new JNB online catalog supplement.
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Featured Supplies & Books
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A low-cost, high-value pad of acid-free, 90lb (200 gsm) paper with 25% cotton content. Both surface and internally sized. 9”x12”.
Choose pad size:
20-sheet pad.
$11.95
SALE $9.56
75-sheet pad.
$42.95
SALE $32.21
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$15.99
This instruction book teaches how to use the folded pen to write an Italic-based alphabet. You learn how the folded pen works, starting with basic strokes. Follow the model alphabets that give stroke direction and sequence, and then add flourishes to the letters. Includes many examples of Carol’s delightful calligraphy.
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Extremely lightweight, this all-plastic holder has no metal parts to rust and no wooden parts to crack! Uses a plastic collar to hold broad-edged nibs securely (except Brause nibs), as well as many pointed nibs. The inner ring will also hold crowquill nibs. Black, comfort grip. 7/16" thick, 5"
long.
$2.50
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Pentel Sparkle Pop & Milky Pop Gel Pens
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This shimmering iridescent gel pen uses an innovative new reflective and sparkling ink with an ultra-glittery finish. The ink colors look different on white and black paper.
Choose color: Black-Red, Blue-Green, Gold-Gold, Green-Blue, Orange-Yellow, Pink-Pink, Silver-Silver, Violet-Blue.
$2.69
SALE $2.42 each
M137-S. Sparkle Pop Pen Set of 8
Set contains one of each color.
$21.52
SALE $18.83
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Pentel Milky Pop Gel Pen has been reintroduced. This item was popular in the 1990s but was discontinued. Now Pentel has improved the ink flow and brought this great pen back! The 0.8mm metal tip writes a nice medium line, which looks stunning on dark paper. The pen uses a smooth gel ink and has a balanced barrel for better control. Choose color: Mint Green, Orange, Pink, Sky Blue, Violet, White or Yellow.
$2.69
SALE $2.42 each
M138-S. Milky Pop Pen Set of 7
Set contains one of each color.
$18.83
SALE $16.01
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This paper is a light gray color with white lines or graph. Use the Whitelines app to take a photo, and the lines or graph disappear! Perfect for taking photos of work to post on social media; the lettering will look as if it is on a white background. App is available for Android and Apple.
Introductory sale prices on Whitelines Pads & Notebooks good through May 17th.
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Choose Size:
8.5"x11.75" Lined. $5.00
SALE $4.50 ea.
8.5"x11.75" Graph. $5.00
SALE $4.50 ea
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5"x8" Lined. $3.00
SALE $2.70 ea.
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Choose Size:
5.25"x8.5" Lined, 70 sheets.
$5.10
SALE $4.59 ea.
9"x12" Blank, 50 sheets.
$8.00
SALE $7.20 ea.
9"x12" Graph, 70 sheets.
$8.00
SALE $7.20 ea.
9"x12" Lined, 70 sheets.
$8.00
SALE $7.20 ea.
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$55.00
Published by The Zaner Bloser Company, Penmanship Publishers, Columbus, Ohio. 1965 edition. This vintage edition includes two pages on Canan’s career; brief instruction; examples of business writing, card writing, off-hand flourishing, letter writing, quotations, and poetry; 11 Artistic (Ornamental) Spencerian script capital alphabets.
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Quick drying, no smudging, and waterproof on most surfaces, including glossy and nonporous ones like plastic. Dries in seconds. Ideal for left-handers. Permanent, light-fast, low-odor ink. Won’t dry out, even with the cap off. Can be removed with rubbing alcohol. Choose: Fine or Super Fine.
$2.75
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$19.95
With 100 exercises, this workbook offers a fun and friendly way to improve your lettering techniques every day. Learn how to form letters, pair different lettering styles, and design motivational quotes. As you work on these beautiful full-color pages, featuring the striking artwork of author and illustrator Jay Roeder, you’ll find plenty of ideas and encouragement to help you develop your own unique style.
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$34.99
SALE $25.00
Once you have learned your letters, it is time to enliven and embellish your letters and words with loops, swoops, turns, and extensions - in short, flourishing. This guide and trace-and-copy workbook takes you through flourishing rules, various components of flourishes, how to enter and exit letters, how to compose a flourished layout, and how to evaluate your work. Then, with trace-and-copy pages, you learn a variety of flourishes for each letter, from A-Z, both capital and small letters.
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Traditional laid finish paper, handmade in Italy at the Fabriano Paper Museum, with a special artistic watermark designed by Michael Sull and executed by Italian Living Treasure Franco Librari in the chiaroscuro technique. Over time and with input from an international panel, the paper has been formulated and crafted to be the perfect sheet for fountain pens. Each piece has been painstakingly made by hand, using a centuries old technique and traditional equipment. (At the museum, each papermaker has undergone a rigorous apprenticeship, lasting six to seven years.) The paper is a joy to look at, to feel, and, most importantly, to write on. 25 sheets and 25 envelopes in a specially designed box.
$100.00
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The Clean Color Real Brush is a real nylon-tipped brush that is highly recommended by Paul Antonio. The tip is super-flexible, gives a good variation of thicks and thins, and bounces back well. It is a somewhat "juicy" pen with vibrant and fairly opaque color. For a great ombre effect, try dipping the tip in Ecoline Watercolor. Or touch the tips of two colors together for easy color blending.
Choose Color: Black, Blue, Bright Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Dark Gray, Emerald Green, Green, Gray Brown, Lemon Yellow, Light Blue, Light Carmine, Light Gray, Light Pink, Lilac, Mid Brown, Mustard, Oatmeal, Orange, Pale Green, Pink, Purple, Red, Turquoise Green, Violet.
$3.58
SALE $2.96 each
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The Clean Color Brush Pens are also available in 4 different sets. They each contain 6 colors and are available for
$17.50 per set
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The set price is over 15% less than buying each pen individually.
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Contains: Blue, Green, Lemon Yellow, Orange, Red. and Violet.
Contains: Bright Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Emerald Green, Pink, Purple, and Turquoise Green.
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Contains: Light Blue, Light Carmine, Light Gray, Light Green, Lilac. and Pale Green.
Contains: Black, Dark Gray, Gray Brown, Mid Brown, Mustard. and Oatmeal.
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These books and many more are discounted 10% to 50% off.
To shop the rest of the Big Book Sale, click the button below.
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We are making room for new products and clearing out items that have limited stock.
We have discounted the remaining stock of these items up to 70%. They will not be reordered. Get them before they are gone!
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Books & Supplies to Preorder
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You can reserve your copy of any of these books now and take advantage of the pre-publication offers. Your credit card will not be charged until shortly before the book ships. If you wish to use PayPal and delay your payment, you must email your order to
info@johnnealbooks.com
rather than ordering on the John Neal Books website.
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Pre-publication price: $27.50 and free media mail shipping (USA only) on orders placed through 6-30-2018.
Publication date has not been set. It may be up to a year (or more) before the book ships.
In this practical book, John Stevens shares his brush knowledge and provides exercises developed and refined over many years of teaching brush lettering workshops. This is a progressive program of instruction that leads to classic Trajan Capitals – and beyond.
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Pre-publication price
$29.95 with free media mail shipping (USA only).
Publication date has not been set.
Renowned calligrapher Paul Antonio presents his new approach to teaching Copperplate. He explains the structure of the script in detail so you know the hows and whys of the letter shapes. You won’t just copy exemplar letters; you will understand them. And understanding speeds learning and allows mastery.
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Preorder by May 17th to get these holders at the discounted preorder price.
Moblique Dual Penholder is a budget straight & oblique penholder designed by Luis Creations. It has a compartment to hold nibs inside the body. Available in pastel or metallic colors.
Choose: English Rose or Dead Sea Clay (Both available May 2018) or Mint Leaf (Available June 2018).
$9.90
Preorder Price $9.36 each
Choose: Copper Sunrise or Golden Sunshine (Both available May 2018) or Moonlight Shadow (Available June 2018).
$12.90
Preorder Price $12.23 each
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$55.00
Long out of print and virtually unattainable, this prized volume will be available in a new printing in 2018.
This instructional manual, written by world-renowned master penman Michael Sull, provides thorough instruction in Spencerian Script, covering equipment and tools and providing letter-by-letter instruction for lowercase and capital letters, over seventy-five fully illustrated pages.
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$65.00
Ships late April 2018.
In this book, renowned calligrapher Denis Brown reveals the journey of his work, from schoolboy accomplishments through rebellious outbreaks to artistic masterpieces. He discusses in detail the values of his craft: letterform and composition, structure and fluency, and discipline and freedom. The artist presents and discusses a broad range of his calligraphy, from formal and traditional pieces to expressive, conceptual, and even transcendent works of art.
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Supply lists for the classes at both of the events below can be found on the JNB website. We are accepting preorders and will have a store set up at each event. Place your preorder today by clicking on the Upcoming Events button.
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Keynote Speaker: Donald Jackson
Sponsored by
Write On Calligraphers
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Seattletters, the 37th International Calligraphy Conference, will be held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA
from July 14–21, 2018.
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The IAMPETH Annual Conference is a wonderful week spent learning the pen arts with some of the best penmen and calligraphic artists in the country.
August 6-11, 2018
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
509 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203
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JNB Spring 2018 Catalog &
Online
Supplement
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Our Spring 2018 catalog is now available. It is a full-color, 68-page catalog filled with calligraphy and bookbinding supplies and books.
If you are a US customer and would like the full catalog mailed to you, please click the button below to submit your request. Customers outside the US can request a catalog be added to their next order.
We have gathered all of the newest products, that didn't make it into the full catalog, as well as many of our best-selling books and supplies into a 16-page PDF supplement to our current catalog.
You can download and browse the digital (PDF) versions of both the new Spring catalog and the online supplement by clicking the button below.
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John Neal Books
1833 Spring Garden St, 1st Fl, Greensboro, NC 27403
1-800-369-9598 | 336-272-6139
9 AM to 6 PM EST M-F
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