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« on: February 22, 2016, 09:10:32 PM »
Good points. I actually found that copperplate did not much influence my handwriting, because it is drawn, rather than written, and has all those pen lifts. Spencerian is a written, not drawn, hand, and a handwriting system, so it is intended to flow, and I think is more natural to influence one's handwriting, as it has had an effect on mine.
I also found that years ago when I was studying a lot of foundational and italic, that those had a definite influence on my handwriting when printing, especially the italic, as it was closest to my normal printing. On the other hand, study of uncial had no effect at all, that I could tell.
Andrew, I would think you would enjoy learning Spencerian, at least the business hand. And you can choose to "decorate" it as much or as little as you like! I'm not giving up copperplate/engrosser's entirely (it's just on hiatus at the moment), but I am really having fun with Spencerian.