From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V2 #119 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Sunday, June 28 1998 Volume 02 : Number 119 In this issue: Re: [scribes]: Calligraphy fonts Re: [scribes]: Calligraphy fonts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 20:14:26 +1000 From: Steve Roylance Subject: Re: [scribes]: Calligraphy fonts Regina wrote: > > Greetings! > > I have decided to start learning calligraphy - and try it out on a couple of > practice scrolls- but I was wondering what people thought to be the easiest > styles to learn and if/where I could find resources to view? Thanks for the > help. > Hi, I ask beginners to start with the Carolingian hand. It uses lots of white space and it is similar to some modern handwritings so it is not a big step from how you may write anyway. So have a look at my ductus pages at http://avoca.vicnet.net.au/~anachronauts/scribal/index.htm for some calligraphic starter material and practice. as ever Thorfinn, Lochac, West Melbourne, Australia ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 20:26:50 +1000 From: Steve Roylance Subject: Re: [scribes]: Calligraphy fonts Hi, someone else who has Written Letters, this is the book that really started me on calligraphy. If it is about get it, as I see it a close second to Drogin. as ever Thorfinn Luiseach@aol.com wrote: > > I started calligraphing (mumble, mutter) years ago, long before I joined the > SCA and my first books, which I still use for reference were _Traditional > Penmanship_ by Anne Trudgill, _The Anatomy of Letters_ by Charles Pearce, > _Formal Penmanship_ by Edward Johnston and _Written Letters_ by Jacqui Svaren. > I bought the Drogin book after I saw it at a scriptorium at Collegium Caidis. > I think Drogin is good reference for the variety of hands written during > period and, since it is a paperback and readily available, I don't mind taking > it to events or loaning it to people. > > Luighseach nic Lochlainn ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V2 #119 *****************************