I've been practising a variety of 'cursive' hands. Spencerian is interesting, but does have some problems. In particular:
Do those of you who use Spencerian script regularly use the traditional 'c'? With anything other than a very fine dip pen it looks, to my modern eye, far too much like an 'e' that has gone wrong, and I'm sure that readers not used to spencerian script would certainly think it was a 'c'. Is it best to be a purist and write the 'c' traditionally, or have you developed any alternatives that are easier on the 21st century eye?
Best,
N
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I've been practising a variety of 'cursive' hands. Spencerian is interesting, but does have some problems. In particular:
Do those of you who use Spencerian script regularly use the traditional 'c'? With anything other than a very fine dip pen it looks, to my modern eye, far too much like an 'e' that has gone wrong, and I'm sure that readers not used to spencerian script would certainly think it was a 'c'. Is it best to be a purist and write the 'c' traditionally, or have you developed any alternatives that are easier on the 21st century eye?
Best,
N
Do those of you who use Spencerian script regularly use the traditional 'c'? With anything other than a very fine dip pen it looks, to my modern eye, far too much like an 'e' that has gone wrong, and I'm sure that readers not used to spencerian script would certainly think it was a 'c'. Is it best to be a purist and write the 'c' traditionally, or have you developed any alternatives that are easier on the 21st century eye?
Best,
N
Hi there,
I think you should just find a 'c' that you like and go with it. Our alphabet is a living thing... it is constantly growing and changing. Lots of letterforms from the past are no longer readable today. Like the long 's' - it looks like a lowercase, cursive 'f'. You never see that one anymore.
So feel free to modify and change. If it feels good, use it!
James
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