Handwriting in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

[hobbes]

Has anyone else seen the 1925 silent movie The Phantom of the Opera and noticed the Phantom's handwriting in the notes he sent to the opera owners? It's pretty cool; he makes all these corners instead of smooth loops for some of the letters like g and p. It's a style I want to learn from, but I don't have a copy of the movie so I can't look at it to see what he's doing--does anyone happen to have pictures of it, or something similar?

[James125]

I cannot on the Silent movie, but I did notice the same with the 2004 Movie, and the 25th anniversary production. In fact, on the Movie with Gerald Butler you can actually see his fountain pen next to the wax he used for letters. I love it!!

[sirShiggy]

Wow, massive bump, but I would like to see this mythical spiked writing

[grout]

I found these images of the handwriting on the internet, for your viewing pleasure after all this time, courtesy of: nerdypleasures.blogspot.com

 

 

I think the mythical spiked handwriting in question can be found in the second image... the "g"s and the "y"s do have an interesting triangular thing going on.

[andybiotic]

Interesting, the top sample is written in back slant! I like the top writing more than the bottom one...

[Hex]

Those triangular thingies are really cool. I especially like the Capital A and plan to steal it. :roflmho:

Thanks for this.

[CAG_1787]

The top almost looks left-handed with that back slant.

 

The bottom example is really quite interesting: one of the more unique styles I've seen. The sharp, angular formations look like the would be rather slow to write (to get those sharp corners, you're going to have to stop the motion of the pen and then reverse the stroke). The "j," "y," and "g" all are quite unusual, while the "p" shows the long primary stroke indicative of that time period.

 

Very interesting! Thanks!