Help Identify The Origin Of This Penmanship?

[calligraphy1]

Hi,

 

I found the handwriting on the superimposed recipe cards in this image particularly elegant and pleasant to read. What is its provenance? What is this style called? Are examples of this style available in sources that come to mind? What are some similar handwriting styles? I'm really glad there's a community of experts here to offer insight. Thanks!

Edited May 12, 2013 by calligraphy1

[mboschm]

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o565/mboschm/DSC_0377_zpsbfedd0f6.jpg

[smk]

It looks like fairly regular cursive executed with and italic (maybe a left-oblique) nib.

 

 

[RLTodd]

Looks like a Palmer "r" in there, but the writer drops into printing on occasion.

 

So I would guess someone who had Palmer in school, and over the years has changed things to their taste (as most do).

 

If that answers the original question.

[ehemem]

I have doubts that the letters in question are handwritten. Looks more like a font imitating handwriting.

[mrcharlie]

If the show were being accurate to the books, he learned to write either in Lithuania or in France (he was a child in Lithuania; he learned most of his upper class culture in France as a late teen/young adult). I doubt they went to that degree of accuracy though.

[caliken]

I have doubts that the letters in question are handwritten. Looks more like a font imitating handwriting.

Exactly. It's a font produced from handwriting.

Edited May 13, 2013 by caliken

[WestLothian]

It is Granny Broon's writing. From the cook book.

Scottish sampled and computer print font.

[caliken]

The easiest way to tell if it's the 'real thing' is to compare versions of individual letters. In this particular case, the word 'minced' appears twice, one directly above the other, and they are exactly the same - impossible in normal handwriting.

I usually start by comparing the obvious, repeated words 'and' and 'the'. Also, at the foot of this particular example, the ligature connecting the i and v in livers shows a join, halfway up, which would never occur in real writing. If further confirmation were needed, the same iv in liver appears again nearby, with the same abberation.

There are, of course, many other points of comparison.

 

Ken

Edited May 13, 2013 by caliken

[calligraphy1]

Thanks for your comments, guys! This is all new territory for me. I just ordered my first fountain pen the other day, and I'm eagerly waiting for it to arrive!

Edited May 14, 2013 by calligraphy1

[Prolix]

Signal boost for the awesomeness of this show!