Italic hand developed in Italy, hence the name of the script, during the early Renaissance period of the 15th century. The italic hand was adopted by Pope Nicholas V for the papal chancery.
Today, italic is favored by modern scribes as a flowing script that can be created swiftly and requires fewer lifts of the calligraphy […]
This continues the presentation of scripts in which you can practice with your calligraphy pen. To date we have taken a look at Foundational Hand, Uncial Hand and Roman Capitals. This article is a presentation of one of the many Gothic Hands. Gothic script includes many variations such as Gothic Textura Quadrata, Gothic Quadrata Prescius, […]
Your new calligraphy pen (or maybe even your old calligraphy pen) shouldn’t sit idly with nothing to do. So far we have explored two popular scripts, the Foundational Hand and the Uncial Hand. We will now add another alphabet to learn and practice.
Roman Capitals are a majuscule script. In other words the letters are only […]
This is another entry in an ongoing series that presents some of the most common types of calligraphy alphabets. These alphabets are among the more popular, common and are used as a good starting point for beginner calligraphers. Other alphabets covered in this series include: Foundational hand, Roman Capitals, Gothic hand, Italic hand, Copperplate hand, Rustic hand, […]
Origins of the Foundational Hand
The Foundational hand was devised by Edward Johnston who lived from 1872 – 1944. He devised the script after his studies of medieval manuscripts in the British Library after he was commissioned to write a manuscript by the Principal of the Central School of Art, William Lethaby. Foundational hand is also […]
