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My Compendium of Lettering Styles
Ken Fraser:
INDEX
#00 Italic
#01 Uncial
#02 Foundational
#03 Spencerian
#04 Clerestory font (handwritten)
#05 Copperplate ; English Roundhand
#07 Gothic Rotunda
#08 Kaufmann font (handwritten)
#09 Spencerian Ladies' Hand
#10 Spencerian Business Writing
#11 Elicit font (handwritten)
#12 Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch font (handwritten)
#14 Madarasz Script
#15 Upright Italic
#16 Vivaldi font (handwritten)
#17 Vere Foster Civil Service Script
#18 Italic with Swash Capitals
#19 Double Stroke Foundational
#20 Italian Hand 18th Century
#21 Italic pointed variation
#22 Italicized Uncial
#23 Uncial var. by Byron J Macdonald
#24 Gothic var. by Byron J Macdonald
#35 English Court Hand
#39 Rustic Capitals
#44 Spencerian & Copperplate
#48 Irish Uncial
#49 Light Italic
#50 Formal Italic with Swash capitals
#51 Cursive Italic
#52 Bardolino
#53 Engrosser's Script
#57 Lombardic Versals
ITALIC
This version of Italic is only one of many variations. It was written at a slope angle of 5 degrees from the horizontal with a Rotring Artpen fitted with an edged nib.
It is very suitable for use as everyday handwriting as it can be written very fast without breaklng down and becoming illegible
Ken Fraser:
UNCIAL
Whilst this script is too slow for everyday handwriting, it is very effective as a style for letter writing where time isn't such an issue.
The letters are written wide and spaced close together.
The exemplar was written with a Rotring Artpen fitted with an edged nib.
Ken Fraser:
FOUNDATIONAL
This alphabet was written with a broad-edged nib fitted in a Manuscript fountain pen.
The paper was Conqueror smooth white and the ink was Higgins Eternal.
Ken Fraser:
SPENCERIAN
Spencerian Script was devised by Platt R Spencer after whom it was named.
For extensive information on the style, go to www.iampeth .com
This exemplar was written with a Hunt 101 nib in an oblique holder with Iron Gall ink.
Ken Fraser:
CLERESTORY (font) handwritten Gothic Textura
This exemplar was written with a Rotring Artpen fitted with an edged nib. The paper was Mondi IQ Selection
100gsm white and the ink was Higgins Eternal black.
This is a handwritten version of the Clerestory font.
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