so i have only learned Copperplate thus far. and i like it. i like the way it looks. i like the "rules": the guidelines, the slant, the ratio of ascender and descender heights to the x-height. and honestly, sometimes i can't read some Modern calligraphy...sorry! but today i did a congratulations card for a very sweet friends daughter that just graduated high school. so i thought i would give it a shot with Modern. OMG it was so hard! to forget most of the rules...heck to even draw without guidelines, not a single one! and to create that "bounce"...i probably wrote it out at least 10 times before thinking that this one look decent enough to mail out.
so i might give Modern a try again...even though i am still practicing Copperplate.