You know I spend a lot of time looking at old copybooks, I love to study these old models and I’d love to help you get better acquainted with old Writing Masters and their works. But because there are so many options in the bibliography section, I thought it would be nice to narrow it […]
Well, that title is a lie : Obviously, a pointed nib is what you need to write a “pointed pen style” ? !… All calligraphers spend a lot of time thinking about their nibs, especially when it comes to pointed pen calligraphy, as there are so many different nibs to choose from… But did you know that Copperplate […]
In my previous post, I briefly wrote about what I called the English Round Hand’s “sub-styles”. Today I want to take the time to explain what I meant and show you what those styles are. In the 17th and 18th centuries, professional scribes had to learn a wide variety of hands because different styles were […]
If you are interested in pointed pen calligraphy, you have certainly heard more than one eminent calligrapher state their opinion about the right way to call the various pointed pen styles popular today… The term “Copperplate” is on all the book covers, but it is often pointed out that it may actually be inappropriate. Frankly, […]
