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4 per inch guidelines
« on: November 26, 2015, 11:14:58 AM »
Attached are guidelines made with the same height as the forum guidelines except with more slant lines and added dotted line for ascender/descender spacing (like t's, p's, & d's).

These were made using the wonderful tool at shipbrook.net. It has an x height of 4 per inch.

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« Last Edit: June 21, 2019, 12:22:55 PM by Erica McPhee »
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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2015, 11:18:07 AM »
Here is one with even more slant lines...  ;D
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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2015, 04:03:57 AM »
Thank you for this! :)
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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2015, 02:16:27 AM »
Original Copperplate guidelines with additional slant lines.  ;D
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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2015, 09:24:33 AM »
This is so useful! Thank you so much, Erica!  :D
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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2015, 02:24:54 PM »
Thank you very much, however I have a question: so there's the x height, which is where I write the letters, but what are the dashed and dotted lines for? As in, do I make the top of my d's and t's touch the dashed line or the dotted line?

Sorry if this is such an obvious question. I have never used a guideline before, so this is new for me  :)

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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2015, 08:20:13 PM »
The other lines are for ascenders and descenders like d's, t's, g's, p's, etc. Take a look at my example for double letters here to give you an idea: Double Letters thread.

It's a very good question.  :)
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Re: 4 per inch guidelines
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2015, 10:25:39 AM »
Thank you Mrs. Erica! The Double Letter Thread explained it perfectly!