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Hope this isn't untoward of me...I'm probably breaking some internet rule...but any chance of getting a Ken Fraser Spencerian alphabet for us all to aspire to? Maybe upper and lower case? I was looking at your work all around the forum to get this letter form or that, and I thought it would be nice to have them all in one place.

 

I'd love to print one off and put it in my notebook for reference.

 

You are a superstar after all. ;)

 

 

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I agree that it would be helpful, however, in my mind this is sort of like asking a concert violinist for a free cd., so it can be pirated :). I am just thinking of this from the business aspect. Yes I would love to see a Spencerian alphabet, but I would understand Ken not wanting to post one, as calligraphy is his profession.

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I agree that it would be helpful, however, in my mind this is sort of like asking a concert violinist for a free cd., so it can be pirated :). I am just thinking of this from the business aspect. Yes I would love to see a Spencerian alphabet, but I would understand Ken not wanting to post one, as calligraphy is his profession.

 

Valid point...I'm open to flaming as applicable. If it's not agreeable it will go nowhere.

 

While this can't be said for everyone on this forum, I can guarantee with 100% certainty that I will NEVER be able to steal business from Ken. ;)

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For Spencerian, I have Micheal Sull's Learning to Write Spencerian Script DVD. Excellent.

 

Have Mott Media's Spenserian Penmanship book series.

 

Also have Ken Fraser's Calligraphy by Ken Fraser, Video Demonstrations. Has Copperplate, but not Spenserian Script.

 

I know I learn calligraphy much better and faster watching how the letters are formed in addtion to copying from a book or example.

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Hope this isn't untoward of me...I'm probably breaking some internet rule...but any chance of getting a Ken Fraser Spencerian alphabet for us all to aspire to? Maybe upper and lower case? I was looking at your work all around the forum to get this letter form or that, and I thought it would be nice to have them all in one place.

 

I'd love to print one off and put it in my notebook for reference.

;)

 

In the "depository" topic at the top of this forum, I've written a full Spencerian exemplar and demonstration on posts 18 and 19.

Please feel free to print them.

 

Ken

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In the depository of handwriting style thread, post #43 by Ken, shows one of the most beautiful rendition of "Business Writing" for round nibs.

My everyday, note taking, handwriting has taken a nose dive in the aesthetic department. The deeper the subject, the more abysmal the letter forms.

 

Would you mind posting a monoline "business writing" alphabet, using the exemplar your wrote on post #43?

 

I studied Iampeth cursive handwriting lessons, but the forms are not to my liking and will make my own handwriting worse.

 

Yours has the pleasant rhythm and spacing of the French Schools Handwriting lower cases I grew up with.

 

I'll check this "In the "Depository" topic at the top of this forum, I've written a full exemplar and demonstration on posts 18 and 19." first.

 

Sorry for the classic example of posting before reading the post above. :blush: :headsmack:

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In the depository of handwriting style thread, post #43 by Ken, shows one of the most beautiful rendition of "Business Writing" for round nibs.

My everyday, note taking, handwriting has taken a nose dive in the aesthetic department. The deeper the subject, the more abysmal the letter forms.

 

Would you mind posting a monoline "business writing" alphabet, using the exemplar your wrote on post #43?

 

 

"Business Writing" exemplar of full alphabet and sample text, are on posts 42 and 43

 

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