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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: can anyone tell me what font is this ?

« on: January 15, 2024, 01:07:02 AM »

as I read more Engrosser, it is not consider cursive writing, since the pen lifted in between letters, so Is the roundhand considered cursive writing?

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: can anyone tell me what font is this ?

« on: January 12, 2024, 06:17:58 PM »

To me, it looks like what is called Engrosser's Script.  You might have a look at the first 20 or so pages of the Zanerian Manual, at

https://archive.org/details/Masgrimes_Archive_Zanerian_Manual_1924/page/n3/mode/2up

are there any tracing sheet available elsewhere?  thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / can anyone tell me what font is this ?

« on: January 11, 2024, 09:31:13 PM »

is this french ronde?  any learning resources for this font?

thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: end of word extension

« on: November 14, 2023, 01:13:18 AM »

It certainly can be used in Spencerian.  Have a look at

https://archive.org/details/NewSpencerianCompendium/page/n133/mode/2up?view=theater

especially the examples on pages 97-104, along with the rest of the book.  I think they are entirely optionsal; I only use them at the end of sentences.

HTH,
DB

I have checked those pages, but I just wonder how you come up with this end sentence flourish? and of course those stroke have no rule, but how I can get sort of sense on come up with those style ?  any adivse is appreciated.
thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / English roundhand script

« on: November 14, 2023, 01:04:28 AM »

hello all, I am teaching my youngest son to learn handwriting English roundhand, are there any website, or any sources that has a dotted line script for beginner to learn English roundhand?

thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / copperplate connective lines

« on: September 08, 2023, 07:10:22 PM »

hi all
I see that when write copperplate (roundhand) have many separate stroke, like lower case a , b ...etc, is this considered cursive writing? when many separate stroke doesn't it slow down writing speed?

my question is the roundhand (copperplate) suitable to use as daily cursive writing?
thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: french script calligraphy

« on: September 07, 2023, 08:50:28 AM »

Thanks for your advice, can we use English round hand to write French? or do they have a different style (script) of French cursive?

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / french script calligraphy

« on: August 17, 2023, 05:24:00 PM »

my son is going to start school in the French language, is the handwriting the same as English in terms of the script? my daughter is learning the Spencerian now, any suggestions for French calligraphy where should I start?

thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / space between letter?

« on: September 18, 2022, 05:50:22 PM »

hello all

is there a form of how tight or loose between letters in a word?  my child is learning spencerian , sometimes she write apart between letter and sometimes write closer between letters in a word. I don't know what is correct space in between letter to letter in a word?

thanks in advance

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: cursive spencerian proof

« on: July 12, 2022, 06:57:12 AM »

thanks for all the kind reply, cheers

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / cursive spencerian proof

« on: July 11, 2022, 01:05:54 AM »

Hi all , i attached my 5 years old's spencerian cursive writing, somehow it looks lack of spencerian feel , more like just a cursive writing, some advise please? thanks

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: end of word extension

« on: June 25, 2022, 07:55:40 PM »

hello all

I just started to let my child write spencerian month ago, i follow the spencerian script each letter, I fond in the end of word sometimes has extension curve for example on y, g  , s etc... the end of word letter extend the curve up or down on top of bottom the word your wrote.

is this part of the style on spencerian? when to use it? is it when ever i feel like it, or on the end of sentence or paragraph ?

Something I will say is that, in terms of education, these flourishes should be avoided at all cost, even punished (gently, of course) in their use. The script’s fundamental forms and rhythm must be established and maintained to a proficient level before any of them should be even thought about.

My best!

Dan.

thanks for your input, I think you are right, I should have let child have solid foundation before free of their handwriting. cheers

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / end of word extension

« on: June 24, 2022, 06:25:54 PM »

hello all

I just started to let my child write spencerian month ago, i follow the spencerian script each letter, I fond in the end of word sometimes has extension curve for example on y, g  , s etc... the end of word letter extend the curve up or down on top of bottom the word your wrote.

is this part of the style on spencerian? when to use it? is it when ever i feel like it, or on the end of sentence or paragraph ?

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / help child to write cursive in line tips please

« on: June 09, 2022, 08:01:22 PM »

hello, I am teaching child at age 6 to write cursive, she writes good enough at age 6, but when she writes on the blank paper, the letter are far off inline, for example she tends to write letter m from her point of view straight, then it is far off inline, i try to think by moving paper angle, but only way to make her writing inline is put paper straight in front of her, then her hand will not in the good position of writing cursive with angle like 52 degree. any tips ? thanks in advance

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / English roundhand script

« on: May 10, 2022, 06:05:43 AM »

trying to teach my child and also learn for myself the English round hand script, But I cant find any tracing sheet online, do you guys have link to English roundhand letters tracing sheet?

thanks
Miranda