American Declaration Of Independence

[RGW]

I was wondering what style of handwriting was used when writing the Declaration of Independence. I would really like to learn it, and my teacher at school has the idea of me copying it in the same script with a quill!

Any help is very much appreciated!

 

And here is a sample for those who don't know/recall what it looks like:

 

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/titanic_charlie/cursive-sample-from-declaration-of-independence.jpg

Edited October 18, 2011 by RGW

[bluestar]

You know for a moment there, I though that this was going to be

a strange, ironic political post on the future of the USA in the current

economic climate. Or a comment on the deceleration of independence

in a surveillance society. I was completely wrong. The problem is spelling.

 

The Declaration of Independence can be copied. Start with Copperplate

(aka Spencerian script) in simple handbooks and make your own quill!

Do searches on FPN for both of these. Have some fun.

The script will look fabulous, even if you may have to educate some

people in the decoding of Spencerian on the page. Enjoy it all.

 

Bluestar

Edited October 18, 2011 by bluestar

[caliken]

This is, in fact, a version of the script originally called English Roundhand and now generally known as Copperplate.

Spencerian is quite different, having developed from Copperplate in the USA.

 

Ken

Edited October 17, 2011 by caliken

[watch_art]

you spelled it wrong. Deceleration vs Declaration.

[RGW]

Youi know for a moment there, I though t that this was going to be

a strange, ironic political post on the future of the USA in the current

economic climate. Or a comment on the deceleration of independence

in a surveillance society. I was completely wrong. The problem is spelling.

 

The Declaration of Independence can be copied. Start with Copperplate

(aka Spencerian script) in simple handbooks and make your own quill!

Do searches on FPN for both of these. Have some fun.

The script will look fabulous, even if you may have to educate some

people in the decoding of Spencerian on the page. Enjoy it all.

 

Bluestar

 

Thank you!

 

This is, in fact, a version of the script originally called English Roundhand and now generally known as Copperplate.

Spencerian is quite different, having developed from Copperplate in the USA.

 

Ken

 

I told my teacher I thought it was English Roundhand (after seeing that one thread this very morning!) so that's good!

Thanks

 

you spelled it wrong. Deceleration vs Declaration.

 

I apologize about that. Thank you for pointing that out, I've fixed it.

Edited October 18, 2011 by RGW

[RLTodd]

AIR, Spencerian was a mid 1800's evolution.

 

At the time of the Declaration, everything was British or English or whichever the correct adjective is.

[watch_art]

Why are you spelling it deceleration??? Am I just missing something?

 

1. To decrease the velocity of.2. To slow down the rate of advancement of

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deceleration

Edited October 18, 2011 by watch_art

[RGW]

Why are you spelling it deceleration??? Am I just missing something?

 

1. To decrease the velocity of.2. To slow down the rate of advancement of

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deceleration

 

Oh my... I'm sorry, I corrected the right word instead of the wrong one. I'm honestly not this stupid usually. Just a bad speller who doesn't pay attention.

Edited October 18, 2011 by RGW

[watch_art]

I totally understand.

[GregMinuskin]

I was wondering what style of handwriting was used when writing the Declaration of Independence. I would really like to learn it, and my teacher at school has the idea of me copying it in the same script with a quill!

Any help is very much appreciated!

 

And here is a sample for those who don't know/recall what it looks like:

 

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll73/titanic_charlie/cursive-sample-from-declaration-of-independence.jpg

 

Hi,

 

Greg Minuskin here. I would welcome the opportunity to share with you my contacts on discovering the "true" style of writing in your sample provided. You may be pleasantly surprised, and learn much more about this hand, and the tools that created it, then would most people know.

[mirosc]

Oh my... I'm sorry, I corrected the right word instead of the wrong one. I'm honestly not this stupid usually. Just a bad speller who doesn't pay attention.

 

What a pity. I had thought of this as a witty pun

[Chevalier]

Good luck with the quill preparation. You should get multiple feathers before you'll start to prepare them. It's not that easy to achieve the right hardness and cut for Old English Round Hand.

[RGW]

Thanks to everyone for the offers and advice. Sorry to those I haven't responded to specifically, but thank you!

[th3]

This sounds like a fun and challenging project. Good luck!

[CraigR]

Sounds like an intriguing quest. Have a great time with this project! /Craig