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10 adueve sar,sf,ictory rcsult,
therc m a Í(·w basH. rule'!, you mu\t
obscrveon holding thc romng
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h 1s 1mportant that tht' end
cdgc of thc nib makes an ,mgle ot
fi!,t l bctwceo 30"and 45º wuh the hon·
1.0ntal lioes on thc paper, dcpeodtng
oo thc parucular hand you are wnt·
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1sahsolutelycssent,al tlld! )Ol> kcep
to 1t throughout ,o that your work
g 1vcs an ovcrall 1mpres...;.1on of regu·
L,rity.
~CCC ~ ~ l h ts angle" nnt ¡u,t a ,¡uc,1100
of personal tJStt. u 1s.tho an 1mpor·
tant charactcri.stK of thc hand 1tsclf.
An angle of 4~0 1s mc,rt· SUl(cd to
slimmer, more condenscd lcttering.
wh1le 3Cl° 1s bcttcr for roundcr,
broadcr wr1ttng.
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The ·Gothic' hand, as in our
cxarnplc (fig. 4), hasaconstant bnc
"1dth. Obliquc strokes must but
45° 10 the lmcs on thc paper.
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Each mdiviclual strokc must
~gUl ancl rog with thc nib bcld at
the samc anglc.
·1ne rotring ArtPcn should i>c
The most importan! rule of all
,s (,trokesarcdr~·l1JJ.Qm__J_Qp. to hdd atan anglc of 45º to thc paper.
~ uom ami from lcft 10 ngm, In Failurc to do this w1ll cause irregular,
othcr words, the nib should be untidy strokcs ( or cven brokcn
¡~ across the paper ancl not strokes).
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11,e 1llustrations show a ¡x,n
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Consequemly, thc lettcrsofthe
var1ous alphabcts are constructccl by
simpl)· comhining a numbcr ofbas,c
strokes w1th OCcJS1onaJ, m 1nor vana-
mclinccl too far to the lcft (5 a), a
peo inclincd too far to thc nght
(5 b), and a pcn m thecorrcct writ·
mg posiuon (5c).
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Scnf, are 1hc short strokcs ( 1a)
stcmmmg from the cnd of a stroke
,n .1 lcttc-r. Thcy must be drawn with
1he cncl edgc of thc nib at exactl)•
1he sarnc ,mglc as when drawing 1he
lcttcr 11self. 11 1s 11nportan1 to keep
pract1s1ng thc rorrcct positioning of
thc hand ,nd the mb ·1nc best cxcr·
o-.cs are thr round strokcs as for
,·umple 111 thc k 11cr O. Str:ught lincs
, hould , lso be d rawn without •pply·
Every Artl'en Calhgraphy set thc rnb should he firmly on the
in_g prc~surc on the mb. Thc more
contains an Arkansas whetstone for
1utur.tl .-1nd unconsóou:, thcsc basic ~to ne.
smoothing off or reshapmg thc nib
tC( hm...iucs lx."Come, thc eas1er and
as required.
qu1ckcr )-OU w1II be ablc to write dif-
frrcnt .tlphabcts. (A uscful 11¡,:
hrca1hc m ~forc wntmg and hold
)·our breath whilc wnting.)
To grind thc n1b, duw it across
the stonc severa! umes applymg
light prcssure. Thc forward cdge of
 Composition and proportions
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Lctters of the 5'tmt· hc1ght d1ffer
1n bo l<lncs\ whl'n ,, rittcn ,, ith J 1f·
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'!ne 1llustr,tion shows hm, for
bolJ lcttering thc hc1ght 1, cqu J to
tivc rnh w1dths. Mcd1um ho ld lcttcr·
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mg 1sc1ght rnb w1Jth, h1gh. and
narro,, lcttcnng up to twd\.'<: mh
"1J ths h1gh.
Th1s forms the fournht1o n, of a
bas1c rule for che compo,1t1on and
~-abcdef~ proporttonmg oí k·ttcnn,g. ·1 tw, rule
,l5sumcs that thl' hc1ght of.t k)\\cr
case lctter ,, 1rhour as<.en<lcr, or <lec;-
<rn<lcrs 1s equal to fivc rnh widthl.
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'faking the rotring ArtPcn asa
cxample this means:
Art Pen 1.1 for lower ase letters"
5.5 mm high
Artl'en 1.5 for lower ase lettcrS"
7.5 mm high
ArtPcn 1.9 for lowcr case lctters*
9.5 mm h1gh
( • without ascenders or dcsccndcrs)
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In most commonly used alplu·
bers as«:nders are four nib widths
hig h. lt 1s 1m¡,ortanr to note that thc
ovcrall 1magc of a word is improved
"hcn che height ofcapitals is one
rnb w1dth lcss then that of lower
,ase lcttcrs with ascenders.
As a rule, descenders should
cxtend thrce nib widths clown·
war<ls.
Ali round lcttcrs (o, e, e)
excceJ thc 1r rc,¡)C(t1,•c upper and
lo" er houndary lincs slightl)' in
ordcr ro ;.:1vc thc opr ical 1mprcss1on
ofb<'1ng rhc wnc ,;1zc as the other
lctrcrs. Thc s,unc applies to thc
extreme tips of vertical strokcs
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('o rrcct spacing, both berwcen
lcttcrs and \\Ords, 1s cssem1aJ for a
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CORRECT SPACING
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wcll balanccd overall cffcct. Badly
s¡"'ced lctters give rise to ugly "pat·
e 1incss" wh1ch should be avoicfed ar
ali cosr.
Rule : che largcst spacing exiscs
betwccn two vertical srrokes, rhe
smallest bc twt."Cn rwo curves. llie
spactng betwccn a vertical stroke
.t.nd a curve musr be a com promisc
of thetwo.
~ the rules and tip.l given
on this pagc should not be seen as
binding for alJ possible styles of
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writing. Thcy are meant as a basis
for an easy introduction to the
broad ficld of calligraphy and will
help you achieve satisfactory rcsulcs
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In thc alphabcts that follow it 1s
not always unmcdiatcly clcar how
thc individual lctters have e-volved.
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special combínatio ns.
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Flourishcs can be particularly
attr:ictivc, but ¡-ou must be c..ueful
not to overdo ir.
Flourishes also serve to empha·
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written page a special rhrthm.
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letters d,ffer m thcir propomons.
ho riwntal stroke must be slightly thc hc1ght o ( thc lowcr LL'>C lettcrs.
Hcrc thcy are divide<l mto fivc
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