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Greetings! Today I would like to propose something so deviant, so maligned, so... so different that I would expect no less than mobs with torches and pitchforks at my door (reminds me... My Igor needs to get a few things Done). I would like to mix Spencerian and Italic to create a new style of writing.

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I have studied both a small amount, and I feel that, when combined, I could create a pleasing and unique result. I am using cursive italic as a base. I am currently searching for other forms of the letters f and r, as those are the two which distance italic from spencerian the most.

If you can resist the urge to wring my neck at the very thought of this, please make any suggestions you see fit!

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A few more things:

I am planning on using a pointed pen, not an italic one.

Could anyone point me to a practical, cursive style of handwriting that is not Palmer, Spence, D'Nealian, or Italic? It could give me fresh inspiration.

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Very interested in seeing your new writing style!

I love variant cursive r's! The second line in this 15th century example of formal Italian Humanistic cursive has the three consecutive appearances of the letter r in three different ways in the words "nostro sperax torna."

 

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Doug

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