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Tools & Supplies / Re: Esterbrook nibs - "natural slant" vs "modified slant?"

« on: April 23, 2023, 10:58:04 PM »

@AAAndrew would know more about it.  Head over to www.theEsterbrookProject.com for more information on it. I would not get the 702. It’s a big nib and not much flex for your writing.  If you like nibs just snail me.

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Broad Edge Pen Calligraphy / Re: Cleaning up mistakes

« on: April 03, 2023, 11:57:35 PM »

Not sure if this belonged here… modern nibs tends to dig into the paper more so than vintage pens.

Perhaps this can avoid the mistakes often enough to worth the time to finding a good vintage nib.
In avoiding splats, moving the paper to the focal point of writing also helps and practice with the same nib so that you know the feel of it, even in your sleep.

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: Mistakes, Perfection, and WabiSabi

« on: April 03, 2023, 11:52:46 PM »

If you ask Kenneth the calligrapher, all mistakes are erased and all works are fine tuned with Photoshop to perfection.

The era of mistakes are all forgotten.

Just kidding…

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Spencerian Script / Re: Spacing of Spencerian letters

« on: March 26, 2023, 10:41:03 PM »

I always thought that the connecting strokes on a single letter was only for demonstration purposes. 

For example,


To me the half spacing looks less legible than the evenly spaced.

Spacing is oncourse with the writer's preference at the time of writing.
It is most likely dependent on mood and intent of the piece.
For spacing to be legible and aesthetic, it is the even spacing, foremost, and moderate spacing metric.

I don't know much but whenever I see a piece with good play of space (words and non words) and a mono-rhythmic spacing,
I am at enamor when I see @AnasaziWrites @jeanwilson and @Erica McPhee  samples.

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Broad Edge Pen Calligraphy / Re: A minor issue with my exemplars for Foundational Hand

« on: March 18, 2023, 06:24:39 PM »

@Zivio well said.  Just a reminder, you will go broad later and come full circle.   Life is like that, I see bell bottoms jeans making a comeback.

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Everyday Handwriting | Penmanship / Re: Posture Issues, Lap Desk?

« on: March 13, 2023, 01:03:45 AM »

Gau!  Estupendo!

Little space with big solutions.  I once saw this somewhere on the internet.  So I built one for my daughter's studio.
I think you will find a solution if you like to.  I also once saw a coffee table pops up to become a dinning table.

When you can build a cabin, this is a no brainer.

Internet Stock Image


What I built

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Everyday Handwriting | Penmanship / Re: Posture Issues, Lap Desk?

« on: March 12, 2023, 10:09:11 PM »

Does everyone have a dining table?  I forgot which pen master (Madaraz) recommended practicing on a dining table as it provide ample space

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Everyday Handwriting | Penmanship / Re: Calligraphy and the practice of handwriting

« on: February 23, 2023, 08:23:13 AM »

Wow congrats!  What a great endeavor

How does different language differ with script selection?
And how do you propose to maintain each person’s interest high?

In English, I felt instant gratification with italics, boring compared to fancy scripts like Spencerian. Italic is slow but I found italic in cursive form is quickly written.

But my brain always drawn to Spencer for speed but it took so much more effort (especially with drills) to achieve.

I have two pens in my pocket, one for BP and one 1.8mm chisel.  Whichever I pick up is the one I make my notes with.  I am in solely to improve handwriting, everyday handwriting


Some days when I rush through my notes, I see I still regress to my former self. And kept reminding myself … someone will eventually read my scribble and scrawny scribbles. Might as well take a deep breath and write slowly

In the end, I speed up over time and looks legible but nothing like a calligrapher

I am happy.

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Copperplate, Engrosser's Script, Roundhand Calligraphy / Re: Drawing slant lines

« on: February 15, 2023, 10:19:10 AM »

I use a rolling ruler sometimes

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Show & Tell / Re: Wedding Vows

« on: February 02, 2023, 10:10:21 PM »

Beautiful lettering.  I love the uncial, italic, and Roman(ce) play

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Word of the Day / Re: idiochromatic

« on: November 10, 2022, 01:23:53 AM »

Those are really rich inks.  I don't even know the meanings of these words.  I think following this thread will improve my vocabularies

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Word of the Day / Re: glyptology

« on: November 09, 2022, 11:47:38 PM »

@AnasaziWrites Wow!  Seeing the stone clearly now, wow!  My apology for being ignorant of stone types.  I had to Google it
Thank you for sharing with us this beautiful gem and its significances.  I truly enjoyed it.

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Word of the Day / Re: haplography

« on: November 08, 2022, 11:46:17 PM »

I had to look up this word three times for mispelling

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Word of the Day / Re: glyptology

« on: November 08, 2022, 11:33:17 PM »

@AnasaziWrites Wow! I don't know the meaning of it until I looked at the jade carvings.
How small is your x height?

@Erica McPhee Your flourish is always a pleasure to follow.  Very well balanced.

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Inktober / Re: Day 31 - 2022: FARM

« on: November 01, 2022, 11:14:57 PM »

@Erica McPhee Oh Phyton's skin went to the market for cash.  Phyton became soup for the fiesta, all neighboring farm family came.  Along with all it's content.  After devouring four adult chickens, two ducks, it rolled into a ball around the center pole holding the pen up.  Farmers were poor, and anything this size were shared, proteins for the children.  It was a blessing for us.