[whitelily]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone of you ever write Copperplate (or Spencerian) without a flexible nib? If anyone does, I´d be curious to see handwritten examples of what that looks like. Would it still be considered as Copperplate, even when it is not "shaded"?

[caliken]

whitelily, on 01 August 2010 - 09:47 AM, said:

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone of you ever write Copperplate (or Spencerian) without a flexible nib? If anyone does, I´d be curious to see handwritten examples of what that looks like. Would it still be considered as Copperplate, even when it is not "shaded"?

"Business Writing" is basically a form of Spencerian without the shading. As you can see from this example, I'm a big fan!

caliken

This post has been edited by caliken: 01 August 2010 - 02:07 PM

[whitelily]

Beautiful writing, as always, Caliken! Thank you!

[KateGladstone]

Copperplate with a narrow edged (Italic) nib can look very nice, if the pen angle is 30 degrees or fewer (rather than the 45 degrees used for Italic).

The more that a writing slants, the less its pen angle should be if written with an edged nib: try it!

[whitelily]

Ah, nice! I will try that. Thank you!

[caliken]

This was written some time ago as an experiment.

I wrote the version with an edged nib (the italic nib one) at the same angle as the normal copperplate one for a direct comparison.
For the same reason, I used an italic nib which would produce about the same degree of shading as the flex nib.
I had to use a certain amount of nib manipulation to produce the hairlines.

IMO it's actually much easier to do with the flex pointed nib.....and it looks better.

[RobbW]

Beautiful handwriting, caliken! Simply gorgeous.

My high-school aged son is looking for an attractive cursive that is also fast to write. I recommended this thread to him. Do you happen to have a complete alphabet of Business Cursive, or know where one exists on the web? This is what we've both been looking for. Now that I've gone through the 5 Spencerian workbooks, I'd like to next learn this related, but more everyday script.

Thanks for any direction you can provide.

[whitelily]

I agree, Caliken. I also prefer the example written with the flex pointed nib, but they´re both absolutely beautiful!

[caliken]

RobbW, on 02 August 2010 - 03:25 PM, said:

My high-school aged son is looking for an attractive cursive that is also fast to write. I recommended this thread to him. Do you happen to have a complete alphabet of Business Cursive, or know where one exists on the web? This is what we've both been looking for. Now that I've gone through the 5 Spencerian workbooks, I'd like to next learn this related, but more everyday script.

If you go here you will find "Modern Business Penmanship" by Edward C Mills. This complete do-it-yourself manual can be printed off, and it's well worth the time and the paper. This little manual contains particularly beautiful examples of the style.

caliken

[RobbW]

Thanks very much, Caliken! That is perfect, just what we were looking for. My son says thanks, too.