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What nib is it on the Safari? If you don't mind me asking.

 

The Safari has the 1.9 mm italic nib on it. I have sharpened it a bit though, so it provides a touch more line variation than from the factory.

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The Safari has the 1.9 mm italic nib on it. I have sharpened it a bit though, so I provides a touch more line variation than from the factory.

 

Cool, thanks.

Pens: LAMY Safari Medium Nib with Delta Blue in converter, Bright Yellow LAMY Safari Fine Nib with R&K Helianthus in converter and a Baoer 051 with Deep Dark Purple in, you guessed it, a converter...

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some more practice

 

 

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag175/ink00/12_zps310d5677.jpg

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@KaB: I respect all the effort you are putting into your practice, keep it up !
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Some practice sheets from a poem notebook I am constructing for a friend/colleague of mine.

As you can see I need a lot more practice on the miniscules before even hinting towards the flourishing and/or capitals...

 

All feedback is welcomed,

Have a great weekend.

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Here goes nothing...

 

http://i.imgur.com/vfUEc92.jpg

 

 

Please excuse my abysmal photography skills...

 

Cheers,

Dragos

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Great progress! Especially notable in letter slope, to my eye.

 

A picky suggestion: Look at your branching. Your branching is a bit too high. Interesting that this is true for both "clockwise letters" such as m and n and "counter-clockwise letters" such as U, a and y. But maybe that is a problem with your model, and you are just copying it. There are some good letters here. The a, g,and n in "magnet" on the last row. The m's branching is too high.

 

The rule I learned is that branching should occur at the mid-point between the baseline and the waistline. However, I have seen italic instructional manuals that violate that rule.

 

If you need an example to make this clearer, let me know.

 

David

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Great progress! Especially notable in letter slope, to my eye.

 

A picky suggestion: Look at your branching. Your branching is a bit too high. Interesting that this is true for both "clockwise letters" such as m and n and "counter-clockwise letters" such as U, a and y. But maybe that is a problem with your model, and you are just copying it. There are some good letters here. The a, g,and n in "magnet" on the last row. The m's branching is too high.

 

The rule I learned is that branching should occur at the mid-point between the baseline and the waistline. However, I have seen italic instructional manuals that violate that rule.

 

If you need an example to make this clearer, let me know.

 

David

 

 

Hi David, thx for your feedback. I know about the branching. But now, I've picked Fred Eager's DIY manual, advancing slowly lesson by lesson. He specifically urges you to really copy 'his' style for the so many first lessons and keep 'personal taste' and alternatives (like different angels, different branching) for lesson xx where he covers the topic of diverging from 'his' standard.

Branching just might be one of those things.

Still, your keen eye and fresh feedback are highly appreciated!

 

Glad you found an a you like, I have a hard time finding one ;)

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sir is blackletter a variant of italic?

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sir is blackletter a variant of italic?

 

No. The Blackletter family of scripts predates Italic.

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