Learning Spencerian...

[TitoThePencilPimp]

On 10/3/2022 at 5:17 AM, Vintage_BE said:

I discovered this topic only now, and am not sure whether it’s still alive. So FWIW and in response to the most recent posters @Inkyways@afishhunter@CatAddictand @hh1990, here is a writing sample of mine.  
I attended grade school in the 1960s in Belgium and was taught cursive in a style that somewhat resembles D’Nealian. Like most in my generation, my handwriting degenerated thoroughly as I started using ballpoints, typewriters, computer keyboards and eventually touchscreens.  
I discovered Spencerian on the web a few years ago and naively thought that it would not be super hard to learn on the back of what I remembered from grade school.  That assumption, of course, was completely wrong.  I have had to “learn” each individual stroke anew, and to forget the “a” “b”, etc. as I remembered them. The hardest part for me is to maintain the 52 degree slant and to consistently make “angular” upstrokes. Progress is an animal that walks ever more slowly, but it does not completely stop. At least, that’s what I continue telling myself in order not to give up.

 

 

I purchased a Pilot 912 FA grinded Spencerian Flex by Nibs.com due to the free nib grind sale. Anyhow, it has been difficult for me to learn Spencerian.

[kealani]

On 10/3/2022 at 5:17 AM, Vintage_BE said:

I discovered this topic only now, and am not sure whether it’s still alive. So FWIW and in response to the most recent posters @Inkyways@afishhunter@CatAddictand @hh1990, here is a writing sample of mine.  
I attended grade school in the 1960s in Belgium and was taught cursive in a style that somewhat resembles D’Nealian. Like most in my generation, my handwriting degenerated thoroughly as I started using ballpoints, typewriters, computer keyboards and eventually touchscreens.  
I discovered Spencerian on the web a few years ago and naively thought that it would not be super hard to learn on the back of what I remembered from grade school.  That assumption, of course, was completely wrong.  I have had to “learn” each individual stroke anew, and to forget the “a” “b”, etc. as I remembered them. The hardest part for me is to maintain the 52 degree slant and to consistently make “angular” upstrokes. Progress is an animal that walks ever more slowly, but it does not completely stop. At least, that’s what I continue telling myself in order not to give up.

 

 

very nice.

What did you use to learn Spencerian?

 

can you post another writing sample please?

 

thanks

k

[Vintage_BE]

On 12/4/2022 at 1:11 AM, Kamuela said:

very nice.

What did you use to learn Spencerian?

 

can you post another writing sample please?

 

thanks

k

@Kamuela This course was very helpful to me: https://consistentcursive.com

It helps to “convert” your writing in the Spencerian direction. There also are many paying Spencerian courses to be found on the web.

I like to include a writing sample when I reply to a post - a picture often says more than a thousand words…

Best of luck, enjoy your journey. 

[Inkyways]

 

 

 

I am doing this Ritually as a religion.

So I can see evidential results.

[kealani]

10 minutes ago, Inkyways said:

 

 

 

I am doing this Ritually as a religion.

So I can see evidential results.

Great results from hard work and determination.

Congratulations!!!!

Thanks for posting the pictures.

k

[zslane]

So what might be the benefits, if any, of having Sull's Spencerian books if one already has the Mott Media reprints of Spencer's theory and copy books?

[Inkyways]

Drill Baby Drill.

Keep on drilling and you might see what will happen next !!!