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Copperplate, Engrosser's Script, Roundhand Calligraphy / Re: Can anyone please help me with creating my own guidelines
« on: July 03, 2017, 08:46:20 PM »
I make my own guidelines in Word.
First, I set the size to 10pt lettering. I then hold down the underscore and get a line across the page. Then I copy/paste the line down the page. I highlight the page and set it to about 50% opacity. I type "10pt" at the top left corner. So now I have a page of horizontal guidelines evenly spaced.
I do this over again on different pages, increasing the size to 12pt, 14pt, and 18pt, noting each one in the upper corner. So the Word document has different pages for different height horizontal guidelines.
Then I open a different Word document and draw a vertical line from top to bottom. Color it light blue. Then rotate the line so you get the slant you want. Copy/paste it across the page. Save the document according to the slant. I have guidelines-5deg-slant.doc, guidelines-10deg-slant.doc, guidelines-52deg-slant.doc. Note the slant in the upper right corner so it doesn't overwrite the horizontal pages' notice in the upper left corner.
So now you print out the horizontal line page onto your favorite paper, like Rhodia, then reinsert the page and print out the slant page you need. Pretty simple.
First, I set the size to 10pt lettering. I then hold down the underscore and get a line across the page. Then I copy/paste the line down the page. I highlight the page and set it to about 50% opacity. I type "10pt" at the top left corner. So now I have a page of horizontal guidelines evenly spaced.
I do this over again on different pages, increasing the size to 12pt, 14pt, and 18pt, noting each one in the upper corner. So the Word document has different pages for different height horizontal guidelines.
Then I open a different Word document and draw a vertical line from top to bottom. Color it light blue. Then rotate the line so you get the slant you want. Copy/paste it across the page. Save the document according to the slant. I have guidelines-5deg-slant.doc, guidelines-10deg-slant.doc, guidelines-52deg-slant.doc. Note the slant in the upper right corner so it doesn't overwrite the horizontal pages' notice in the upper left corner.
So now you print out the horizontal line page onto your favorite paper, like Rhodia, then reinsert the page and print out the slant page you need. Pretty simple.