What Does Your Handwriting Look Like

[HalloweenHJB]

Dank je wel! I must add though that this pen is a loaner, and I'm simply using the cartridge that was fitted. Apparently this ink is quite sought after since it was discontinued some years ago. It is a terrific colour indeed. Great shading, very readable, and it truly has a 'golden' feel to it.

 

 

Well, instead of gold, I've gone with bright red. Here's a view of Diamine Wild Strawberry in a brand-new Pelikan 710 Toledo pen:

 

 

[akustyk]

 

 

Well, instead of gold, I've gone with bright red. Here's a view of Diamine Wild Strawberry in a brand-new Pelikan 710 Toledo pen:

 

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Beautiful handwriting, full of character, and, of course, a gorgeous pen.

[Rednaxela]

Well, instead of gold, I've gone with bright red. Here's a view of Diamine Wild Strawberry in a brand-new Pelikan 710 Toledo pen:

Wow that's a gorgeous red! And a very goodlooking pen as well. Your 'q' is something I'm still working on myself. It's a great letter form, which I'd love to incorporate into my writing.

 

 

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Edited February 7, 2016 by Rednaxela

[richiwalt]

 

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[Freddy]

 

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[HalloweenHJB]

No iPads, no iPencils, no iPens. Just a great classic Waterman #994 in Mahogany Swirl. Oh, and if you could see the sheen on this Red Cashmere ink, you'd just melt...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[richiwalt]

I've really held off of those scary, difficult Spencerian Capital Letters - Until Tonight !!!

 

They're not as bad as I thought. There's still lots of room for improvements.

 

 

 

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[richiwalt]

No iPads, no iPencils, no iPens. Just a great classic Waterman #994 in Mahogany Swirl. Oh, and if you could see the sheen on this Red Cashmere ink, you'd just melt...

 

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[sakayume]

richiwalt, I love your capital letters! They look so elegant.

[dragos.mocanu]

 

This is a sort of semi-formal writing, somewhat slower than usual handwriting...but then, I never need to write very fast since my job is done on a computer.

[Rednaxela]

No iPads, no iPencils, no iPens. Just a great classic Waterman #994 in Mahogany Swirl. Oh, and if you could see the sheen on this Red Cashmere ink, you'd just melt...

 

 

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Great letters and layout in this sample. Thought-provoking text as well. :-)

[HalloweenHJB]

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Thanks for the encouragement. Your capitals are really fine. I ought to practice them more, and not be afraid to let them stand out —which is exactly what they should do, right? I am impressed by your control of the large curves. Good inspiration.

 

 

 

Great letters and layout in this sample. Thought-provoking text as well. :-)

 

 

It's from a small book intended for new Netherlanders who come from other cultures (especially from southern Europe, the Mid-East, Suriname, etc.) on how they can better understand the Dutch, and fit better into Dutch society. I am a little conflicted about the content of the book —I understand the good intention of it, but I also wonder if it's a good idea to reinforce stereotypes about a culture. Hmmmm.

[AAAndrew]

Halloween: Gorgeous letters and the RED! Interesting even if I have no idea of the content.

 

richiwalt: Getting Spencerian with the tablet! Now let's see how broad you can get that shading on the Spencerian capital. :-)

 

I'm working on a few things with my writing. One project I have for another forum is to copy a letter written by someone else. I'm copying a wonderfully poignant letter from 1821 I purchased recently from a young woman to her brother-in-law upon hearing of her sister's death. It was written with a quill, and while not trying to completely copy the handwriting, I am trying to get into the style. It's more drawn out: low and long. And you have the different "d" and some interesting capitals. This is not ornamental writing but how someone wrote while in an agitated state, quickly and freely. I find the best nib for it is a small stub nib.

 

 

[richiwalt]

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Oops ... I see I misspelled "admire" - by forgetting the "m" ... :-)

Edited February 10, 2016 by richiwalt

[richiwalt]

 

This is a sort of semi-formal writing, somewhat slower than usual handwriting...but then, I never need to write very fast since my job is done on a computer.

 

 

I try to WRITE everything - and limit typing on the thread - but, I'm at work ... and THIS is just TOO GOOD to not leave a positive comment on:

 

Love it !!!

 

Both the style, and the message is a joy to see. Post more of this!

Edited February 10, 2016 by richiwalt

[richiwalt]

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richiwalt: Getting Spencerian with the tablet! Now let's see how broad you can get that shading on the Spencerian capital. :-)

 

<snip> ...

 

Greetings Andrew ...

 

Yes ... that would require me switching to a different app. The ProCreate app - it does allow one to make much broader stroke - directly related to pressure. You can tailor setting strengths for opacity, thickness, and taper at both fade-out and fade-in of strokes. Heck, you can even edit the pressure curve for a customized non-liner rate of change in applied pressure. I don't use that app ... I'm partial to Adobe Sketch - the default settings of the pencil (which I used to darken, and ever-so-slightly thicken my stokes) are something that I found to be wonderful. I can't seem to figure out the massive amount of settings in ProCreate to compare to Adobe Sketch!

 

But, one of the characteristics of Spencerian was to be selective and sparse about shading ... don't shade everything, don't flourish everything, (I've read), and even then, just accent things here and there ever so slightly ... It's a way to add emphasis to certain parts of your writing. I guess doing this is easily to control, and allows for some more uniformity. It's quite a skill to press on a stylus with a consistent pressure to allow a consistently uniform-looking broadly shaded stroke. I'm pretty impressed with your skills in going after that talent - I would fall ever so short of such practice.

 

We each have our favorite forms of script. :-)

 

I also admire your project to be able to copy other's styles !!! I saw a show about those that were developing that skill - to copy the regular handwriting of famous people like Albert Einstein, Hemingway, etc ... That's also an impressive goal. (As is the ability to write without lines!! - You do know that I do not even do that, right? I have a grid overlay that I can adjust with a pinch pull to spread out and condense that grid overlay - it's like graph paper. When I save the image, that overlay is not there. Every image I post from my iPad used those guidelines. )

 

As, always ... enjoying the discussions, the encouragement, the inspirations, and being stretched and challenged by this network of people posting here. So glad that your part here and how it shapes talents of all who interact!

 

best,

 

-richard

Edited February 10, 2016 by richiwalt

[dms525]

 

This is a sort of semi-formal writing, somewhat slower than usual handwriting...but then, I never need to write very fast since my job is done on a computer.

 

 

That is a very nice, very personal, italic hand. There is plenty room for "perfecting" it, but it is pleasing as is.

 

David

[nodrog]

I do write fairly often, with fountain pen and without, and this is the typical outcome...

[nodrog]

Oh dear, that last image upload seems to have failed. Let's try again

 

 

[HalloweenHJB]

I have found a great treasure. I have been a professor of Spanish for many years, and I am now beginning my studies of Dutch. I just came across a beautiful volume of the complete poetry of Jorge Luis Borges (one of the great Argentine writers of the last century) in a bilingual edition, Spanish-Dutch.

 

Here is a poem, "Limits" (in English) in both the Spanish (Sheaffer Balance with Diamine Beau Blue ink), and the Dutch (Waterman 0552-½ with Diamine Autumn Oak ink):