We use the famous words of Brian Walker, shared by Heather Held, to format today's episode. We talk about resources to study from, tools to practice with, and asked our listeners to reflect on their own experiences and offer up advice to new broad edge calligraphers. Below are the resources we mentioned: Books: Foundations of Calligraphy by Sheila Waters  The Speedball Textbook  Pen Lettering by Ann Camp  Writing & Illuminating & Lettering by Edward Johnston   Calligraphy for Kids by Eleanor Winters  Calligraphy Studio by Christopher Calderhead  The Art of Calligraphy: A Practical Guide to the Skills and Techniques by  David Harris (also has a nice bit about the history of each script with a generous number of colour pictures)  Calligraphy Made Easy: a Complete Beginners Guide by Gaynor Goffe  Websites: Calligraphy-skills.com  Jakerainis.com – blackletter trishiba.com – various manuals Tools: Pilot parallel pen  Speedball nibs  Automatic pens  Mitchell nibs:  Carpenter pencils  Brause nibs  Papers: Cotton Comp, Bond Layout, Gilbert Bond