Back issues of Alphabet are available that contain techniques from workshops, interviews of respected calligraphers, and a multitude of sample artwork. This archive exists for most issues beginning from 1984–to the present. Issues listed, except as noted, are available from Friends of Calligraphy for the following prices, including postage:
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Cover artist is listed after Year and Volume Number.
John Prestianni, Editor:
Summer 1984 Vol. 9, No. 3 || Friederich Neugebauer
Winter 1985 Vol. 10, No. 1 || Jovica Veljovic /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Summer 1985 Vol. 10, No. 2 || Kevin Elston
Spring 1986 Vol. 11, No. 1 || William Stewart
Summer 1986 Vol. 11, No. 2 || Villu Toots (& Zapf article, part 1)
Winter 1987 Vol. 11, No. 3 || Hermann Zapf (Zapf article part 2)
Alan Blackman, Editor:
1986/87 Vol. 12, No. 1 || Ancient Mariner (Alan Blackman)
1986/87 Vol. 12, No. 2 || Portfolio A–H (Alan Blackman)
1986/87 Vol. 12, No. 3 || Portfolio J–W (Alan Blackman)
1987/88 Vol. 13, No. 1 || Various Calligraphers
1987/88 Vol. 13, No. 2 || Peter Bailey
Marcia Friedman, Editor:
Fall 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1 || Villu Toots
Summer 1989 Vol. 14, No. 3 || Jovica Veljovic
Carl Rohrs, Editor:
Fall 1989 Vol. 15, No. 1 || Georgia Deaver /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 1990 Vol. 15, No.2 || Gottfried Pott /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Spring 1990 Vol. 15, No. 3 || Georg Trump /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Fall 1990 Vol. 16, No. 1 || Peter Thornton
Winter 1991 Vol. 16, No. 2 || Susie Taylor
Spring 1991 Vol. 16, No. 3 || Judy Detrick
Fall 1991 Vol. 17, No. 1 || John Stevens /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 1992 Vol. 17, No. 2 || Ross George & Margo Chase /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Summer 1992 Vol. 17, No. 3 || John Stevens /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Terry Louie, Editor:
Winter 1993 Vol. 18, No. 1 || Mark van Bronkhorst
Spring 1993 Vol. 18, No. 2 || Kathy McNicholas
Summer 1993 Vol. 18, No. 3 || Claude Dieterich A.
Summer 1994 Vol. 19, No. 3 || Claude Dieterich A.
Jane Brenner, Editor:
Fall 1994 Vol. 20, No. 1 || Meredith Mustard /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 1995 Vol. 20, No. 2 || Georgianna Greenwood
Spring 1995 Vol. 20, No. 3 || Sherry Bringham
Fall 1995 Vol. 21, No. 1 || Georgianna Greenwood
Winter 1996 Vol. 21, No. 2 || Stan Knight
Spring 1996 Vol. 21, No. 3 || Brody Neuenschwander
Fall 1996 Vol. 22, No. 1 || John Burns
Winter 1997 Vol. 22, No. 2 || Jenny Hunter Groat /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Spring 1997 Vol. 22, No. 3 || Arne Wolf
Fall 1997 Vol. 23, No. 1 || Judy Detrick
Winter 1998 Vol. 23, No. 2 || Ward Dunham
Spring 1998 Vol. 23, No. 3 || Jane Brenner /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Brooke Holve, Melissa Titone, Co-Editors:
Fall 1998 Vol. 24, No. 1 || Emiko Kinebuchi
Winter 1999 Vol. 24, No. 2 || Scott Kim
Spring 1999 Vol. 24, No. 3 || Hildegarde Korger’s student (name unknown)
Melissa Titone, Editor:
Fall 1999 Vol. 25, No. 1 || Tom Costello
Winter 2000 Vol. 25, No. 2 || Patricia Buttice
Spring 2000 Vol. 25, No. 3 || Chronology, Paul Shaw, Ed. /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Paul Shaw, Editor:
Fall 2000 Vol. 26, No. 1 || Der Wasserman /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2001 Vol. 26, No. 2 || Chronology Illustrated
Spring 2001 Vol. 26, No. 3 || Gerrit Noordzij
Stan Knight, Editor:
Fall 2001 Vol. 27, No. 1 || Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
Spring 2002 Vol. 27, No. 2 || Gottfired Pott
Fall 2002 Vol. 28, No. 1 || Utrech University Library Ms 32
Spring 2003 Vol. 28, No. 2 || Fragment 1st C. Inscription
Summer 2003 Vol. 28, No. 3 || Lindisfarne Gospels
Christopher Calderhead, Editor:
Autumn 2003 Vol. 29, No. 1 || Sidewalk plate, San Francisco
Spring 2004 Vol. 29, No. 2 || Parking Mark
Summer 2004 Vol. 29, No. 3 || Rubber Stamps
Autumn 2004 Vol. 30, No. 1 || Detail from a musical score, early 19th c
Spring 2005 Vol. 30, No. 2 || Library Cards
Summer 2005 Vol. 30, No. 3 || Liturgy in Arabic
Autumn 2005 Vol. 31, No. 1 || Flower , Photograph, C. Calderhead
Spring 2006 Vol. 31, No. 2 || George Bickham, 18th C
Summer 2006 Vol. 31, No. 3 || Marbled Paper Pattern
Autumn 2006 Vol. 32, No. 1 || Pens, Photograph
Winter 2007 Vol. 32, No. 2 || Hand with Pen, Photograph
Summer 2007 Vol. 32, No. 3 || Four Miniature booklets
Judy Detrick, Editor:
Autumn 2007 Vol. 33, No. 1 || Jan Van den Velde, 17th C
Spring 2008 Vol. 33, No. 2 || Jovica Veljovic
Summer 2008 Vol. 33, No. 3 || Words for Peace Exhibition, Photograph
Autumn 2008 Vol. 34, No. 1 || Ward Dunham
Winter 2008 Vol. 34, No. 2 || Jean Claude Lamborot
Summer 2009 Vol. 34, No. 3 || Georgianna Greenwood
Autumn 2009 Vol. 35, No. 1 || Mario Uribe
Spring 2010 Vol. 35, No. 2 || Claude Dieterich A.
Summer 2010 Vol. 35, No. 3 || Denise Lach
Marcia Friedman, Editor:
Autumn 2010 Vol. 36, No. 1 || Sheila Waters
Spring 2011 Vol. 36, No. 2 || Lisbet Boudens
Summer 2011 Vol. 36, No. 3 || Anna Pinto
Autumn 2011 Vol. 37, No. 1 || Judy Detrick
Spring 2012 Vol. 37, No. 2 || Jacqueline Sullivan
Summer 2012 Vol. 37, No. 3 || Christopher Haanes
Autumn 2012 Vol. 38, No. 1 || Luca Barcellona /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Spring 2013 Vol. 38, No. 2 || Yukimi Annand
Summer 2013 Vol. 38, No. 3 || Georgia Deaver
Autumn 2013 Vol. 39, No. 1 || Massimo Pollelo
Winter 2014 Vol. 39, No. 2 || John Stevens
Spring 2014 Vol. 39, No. 3 || Marsha Brady
Summer 2014 Vol. 39, No. 4 || Pat Blair
Autmn 2014 Vol. 40, No. 1 || Joe Boissy
Winter 2014 Vol. 40, No. 2 || Sandra Torguson
Spring 2015 Vol. 40, No. 3 || Marina Soria
Summer 2015 Vol. 40, No. 4 || Margaret Morgan
Carl Rohrs, Editor:
Autumn 2015 Vol. 41, No. 1 || Hermann Zapf /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2015 Vol. 41, No. 2 || Christopher Haanes
Spring 2016 Vol. 41, No. 3 ||
John Stevens
Summer 2016 Vol. 41, No. 4 || Sandy Diamond
Autumn 2016 Vol. 42, No. 1 || Louise Grunewald
Winter 2016 Vol. 42, No. 2 || Andrew Van der Merwe
Spring 2017 Vol. 42, No. 3 || Susie Taylor
Summer 2017 Vol. 42, No. 4 || Susie Taylor
Autumn 2017 Vol. 43, No. 1 || Georgianna Greenwood
Winter 2017 Vol. 43, No. 2 || Trajan Column
Spring 2018 Vol. 43, No. 3 || Imre Reiner
Summer 2018 Vol. 43, No. 4 || Werner Bunz
Autumn 2018 Vol. 44, No. 1 || Reese Bullen /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2018 Vol. 44, No. 2 || Susie Taylor
Spring 2019 Vol. 44, No. 3 || Hildegard Korger
Summer 2019 Vol. 44, No. 4 || Lili Cassel Wronker
Autumn 2019 Vol. 45, No. 1 || Lucian Bernhard
Winter 2019 Vol. 45, No. 2 || Yukimi Annand
Spring 2020 Vol. 45, No. 3 || Oscar Ogg
Summer 2020 Vol. 45, No. 4 || Villu Toots /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Autumn 2020 Vol. 46, No. 1 || Julian Waters /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2020 Vol. 46, No. 2 || Sherri A. Trial
Spring 2021 Vol. 46, No. 3 || Victor Kams /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Summer 2021 Vol. 46, No. 4 || Andrea Wunderlich
Autumn 2021 Vol. 47, No. 1 || Karina Meister /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2021 Vol. 47, No. 2 || Raymond F. DaBoll /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Spring 2022 Vol. 47, No. 3 || Oldřich Menhart /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Summer 2022 Vol. 47, No. 4 || Sheila Waters
Autumn 2022 Vol. 48, No. 1 || John Stevens /Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2022 Vol. 48, No. 2 || Peter Thornton
Spring 2023 Vol. 48, No. 3 || Elmo van Slingerland
Summer 2023 Vol. 48, No. 4 || Ruben Malayan
Autumn 2023 Vol. 49, No. 1 || Kalman Gavriel & David Goldstein/Sorry, this issue is out of print.
Winter 2023 Vol. 49, No. 2 || Ernst Bentele
Spring 2024 Vol. 49, No. 3 || Marsha Brady & Larry Brady
Summer 2024 Vol. 49, No. 4 || Kristoffel Boudens
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