Psalm 23
The Shepherd Psalm, verse by verse — trace it, write it, keep it.
Printable practice books
The words you love,
in your own hand.
Faux-calligraphy practice books built around scripture, vows and the lines you would want on a wall. Light script to trace, real four-line guides underneath, and a blank row after every line so you finish the page yourself.
- Instant PDF · US Letter
- Print at home, as often as you like
- King James Version & public-domain text
The method
Thick going down.
Thin coming up.
Faux calligraphy fakes the pointed-pen look with any ordinary pen. There is no nib to break in, no ink to mix and no pressure technique to learn — just a contrast you draw in afterwards. It is the one lettering style a complete beginner can finish a page of on the first evening.
Every book teaches it on page two, then hands you twenty-odd pages to practise on.
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Write it in monoline
Ordinary joined-up handwriting, one weight throughout, in whatever pen is already on the table. A fineliner or a gel pen is perfect.
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Thicken every downstroke
Go back over the word. Any stroke your pen made travelling downward gets a second line beside it; fill the gap in solid. Upstrokes stay hairline.
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Trace it, then write it yourself
Every page in the book gives you a light exemplar on real four-line guides, and a blank row underneath to do it on your own.
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Verses of Hope
Fifteen King James verses about hope, set out to trace, copy and keep.
Peace for an Anxious Heart
Fifteen King James verses for worried days, slowed down to the speed of your hand.
Psalms to Write by Heart
Fifteen psalms most of us half-know, written out until the hand remembers them.
Proverbs to Live By
Fifteen proverbs on trust, friendship and a soft answer, written out by hand.
The Lord’s Prayer & The Beatitudes
The prayer in five petitions and ten of the Beatitudes, one line at a time.
Seasonal The Christmas Story
The nativity in fifteen King James passages, from the prophets to the manger.
Large print Psalm 23
The Shepherd Psalm in large print — bigger letters, wider lines, easy on the eyes.
Large print Verses of Hope
Fifteen verses of hope in large print — bigger script, shorter lines, more room.
Large print Psalms of Comfort
Fifteen psalms for hard seasons, set in large print with room to write.
Wedding Vows, Verses & Names
Practice your names, your date and your vows before you letter the real thing.
Faux Calligraphy Starter Kit
The free first lesson: how faux calligraphy works, both alphabets, and room to practice.
Micah 6:8
One verse, free: do justly, love mercy, walk humbly — the whole method in twelve pages.
Large print John 3:16
One verse in large print, free — the easiest way to see if this suits your eyes.
Inside every book: the exemplar to trace, then the same line blank, on guides.
Who these are for
Four kinds of desk
- If you already write your way through scripture
- You have the habit; this gives the letters somewhere to go. One verse a sitting, the words already broken into lines that fit, and a blank row under every line so the page ends in your handwriting, not ours.
- If the print in most practice books is too small
- The large-print editions are re-set rather than blown up: bigger script, taller guide rows, shorter lines, larger instructions. They were made for 55-plus hands and eyes, and for church groups and care homes that need pages readable across a table.
- If you are lettering your own wedding
- Place cards, envelopes, the sign at the door, the vows themselves. The wedding book drills names, dates and numerals as well as the words — the 1662 vows and public-domain poetry, so nothing you letter is anyone else’s copyright.
- If you are buying it for someone else
- Baptisms, confirmations, a bridesmaid box, a grandmother who wants something to do with her hands. It is a file, so you can buy it late and still print and wrap it the same night.
Free
Try the method before you spend anything.
The starter kit is a complete short book — the technique page, the guideline anatomy, warm-up drills, the full lowercase and uppercase alphabets and two free-practice pages. It costs nothing; you give an email address at checkout and the file lands in your Polar customer portal, same as a paid one.
See the free books 3 free titles · no card needed
- What do I actually get?
- One PDF, sized for US Letter paper (8.5 × 11 inches). Print the whole book at home, or print a single page fifty times if that is the page you want to keep practising. Nothing is posted to you and nothing is mailed later — the file is yours the moment you check out.
- Do I need special pens or paper?
- No. Faux calligraphy is done with any ordinary pen — a fineliner or a gel pen is ideal, and a pencil is fine while you are learning. Ordinary printer paper works; slightly heavier paper (24 lb / 90 gsm) is kinder to pen tips and stops ink showing through.
- I have never done calligraphy. Is this too hard?
- Faux is the style beginners are told to start with, because the difficulty is not in the pen. You write the word in your normal joined-up hand, then thicken the downstrokes afterwards. Every book opens with stroke drills and the full alphabet before it asks you to write a single verse.
- Which Bible translation do you use?
- The King James Version, always. It is in the public domain, which means we can print it in full, in a traceable script, without asking anyone for permission — and it is still the version most people picture when they picture a written verse.