... While this can be beautiful it feels to me like calligraphy that has been vectorized in Illustrator - it lacks the “human” quality and inherits the “machine” feel of a type font.
YES! Musicians who use digital audio workstations ("DAW") are familiar with a "humanize" feature which helps to introduce that bit of human imperfection to make the music sound more natural.
@Jean Wilson had asked me a few months ago whether I had seen any
real Spencerian script ... that is, ink on paper. I had not, and she was so kind and generous to mail me a few examples. This was such an important and helpful thing, since until then I'd only seen online examples! To this
@AnasaziWrites and
@InkyFingers also have sent me a few notes -- real ink on real paper!
Those online examples now pale in comparison to the real thing. And the real thing doesn't even have to be so expertly produced to convey that beauty. This was so important because I, as many of us probably are, have been so critical of my own efforts.