Author Topic: Copperplate & Spencerian  (Read 2983 times)

Offline Ken Fraser

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Copperplate & Spencerian
« on: March 05, 2015, 05:50:16 PM »
Combining Spencerian majuscules with Copperplate minuscules has been used many times. However, this is the first time I've tried it, and I like the combination very much.

I made very minor adjustments from 52 to 55 degrees for the Spencerian and used the Spencerian Ladies Hand extended minuscule f.

It was written with a Hunt 101 nib with Higgins Eternal ink on Mondi IQ smooth selection paper, with minor retouching with Winsor and Newton white Gouache and black ink. As usual, I used pencil guidelines. On screen, is the actual size of the writing



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Re: Copperplate & Spencerian
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 06:55:47 PM »
That's beautiful!!
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Re: Copperplate & Spencerian
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 08:02:41 PM »
That's lovely! Thanks for sharing :). They look great together.

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Re: Copperplate & Spencerian
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2015, 11:06:28 AM »
I see a lot of people doing this now including me. I thing it will increasingly become very popular if it isn't already so. Very nice Ken.

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Re: Copperplate & Spencerian
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2015, 07:19:52 PM »
Thank you all for your interest and comments.

Ken