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Offline Martín

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Spencerian guidelines
« on: January 31, 2014, 09:46:49 AM »
Hi,
  I've made some Spencerian guidelines for my own practice, and thought maybe they can be helpful for other people.

2, 3, 4 and 6mm x-heights, 52º slant.

Cheers,
 Martín


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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2014, 10:51:50 AM »
And with connectiv slant lines too, nice ;)! Thank you!
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 11:39:35 AM »
Hi Martin and Estefa,
I've never seen guide lines with that red slant.  Might you show a written sample of how that is used? 

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Roseann
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 11:53:52 AM »
Wonderful Martin! Thank you for sharing!  :)
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 04:17:14 PM »
Hi Martin and Estefa,
I've never seen guide lines with that red slant.  Might you show a written sample of how that is used? 

love,
Roseann

Hi Roseann,  the red lines indicate the slant of the joins between letters. They help with the spacing and flow of the writing.
I don't write directly over the guidelines (I just use them under my sheet) so I don't have a direct example, but if you look at this one:


You'll notice that the joins between letters are not on the main slant, but are lower. That's what the red lines are for.

Have fun!
Cheers,
 Martín

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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2014, 06:47:34 AM »
Thank you Martin!! Spencerian is new for me and I'm having to get used to writing with the two different slants. This is incredibly helpful. I really appreciate your sharing it!!

Cheers.
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2014, 05:24:40 PM »
Thank you Martin!! Spencerian is new for me and I'm having to get used to writing with the two different slants. This is incredibly helpful. I really appreciate your sharing it!!

Cheers.

I'm glad you find them useful! Looking forward to seeing how your Spencerian is coming along!

Cheers,
 Martín

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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 08:46:08 PM »
Thank you Martin.  I really appreciate it!
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2014, 09:21:43 PM »
Thanks for sharing Martin, and also for explaining the red lines, I learned something.
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2014, 09:57:36 AM »
You're most welcome, guys!

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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2017, 11:33:28 PM »
Thanks Martin! This is absolutely helpful for a new spencerian student!
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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2017, 09:49:53 PM »
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!  I have just started with Spencerian and was having a heck of a time with the connecting slant.  These just might do the trick.  I appreciate you sharing these with us.

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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2017, 12:18:51 AM »
Thank you so much Martin! I just started learning Spencerian and it's super helpful.

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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2017, 08:17:31 AM »
Thats great Martin. Thanks for sharing :d

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Re: Spencerian guidelines
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2017, 08:14:15 PM »
Wow!! Bravo!! These are Great!!!