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Starting Calligraphy

June 11, 2012 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

Talking about learning handwriting has made me reflect on my background, learning and teaching. I thought I'd share this with you as well as run a short series on my ideal calligraphy syllabus, my love for Italic and expressive lettering.When I began calligraphy as an adult, in 1983, the idea was to get as many styles under the belt as possible. Our teacher taught Foundational in 6 weeks and then in the next 6 weeks we learnt Uncials, Gothic, Compressed Gothic, Copperplate and Italic. Whew. … [Read more...]

but is it true?

May 14, 2012 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

I "chatted" to Tim Noad by e-mail. He was saying that these days even parts parts of the Peerage patents are printed on parchment, and they don't have anything like the quality of the handwritten illuminated texts.he said: "As you know, 'parchment' is more often used for sheepskin which is indeed greasy and hard to write on and not used much these days. I am certain that the speech is printed, I can't imagine them paying someone to write it at short notice and it would be harder to read (I have … [Read more...]

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