What Does Your Handwriting Look Like

[tawanda]

Thanks Caliken! The comments about spacing is good to hear because I've been working on it for a while.

 

A few questions if you will...

 

Are there any other letters, besides n, in which I swap from one style to the other? I think I've probably been taught Roman at school and there are still traces of it in my hand.

 

Also, upon closer inspection of the Gourdie book, it seems that the ascender on the miniscule d, is curved to the right in the middle of words but if a d ends the word, it curves to the left. I'm presuming it is so that it looks more uniform when d follows another ascender in the middle of a word (ie they are going in the same direction).

 

What do you think of my looping f? Is it OK? Or would it be better left open, like all the other descenders (I did use to loop them all and f seems to have hung around).

 

Thank you so much for your help and advice!

[vieuxcarre]

Anna, I really admire both of your styles; flex or no flex! I especially like the shading of the ink in your regular handwriting sample - would you mind sharing what sort of ink you were using? Thanks!

 

Thank you :embarrassed_smile: The bottom sample is written in Waterman Havana Brown with a Pelikan M200 (OB nib). Here's another sample with the same pen/ink combination. Unfortunately my Greek is rather less elegant but as I started writing I was amazed I still knew this by heart...

 

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad360/AnnaCeciliaPhoto/iliad.jpg

 

The Illiad, correct?

[Struthious]

 

Woke up this morning wanting to flex so here's another sample just for fun ! Daily practice hand rather than daily handwriting

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/yuckkie/Scribblings/DSC02243.jpg

 

Wow! I have both pen AND penmanship envy. Very nice work.

[fifthblackbird]

Well, my first flexible nib arrived in the mail today, so I'm starting to learn Copperplate! Here's the result of this afternoon's efforts (and IAMPETH's tutorial videos over the weekend):

 

http://tkeller.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Writing/Cheesy/805982629_7VgKZ-800x800.png

 

Thanks FPN!

 

Been a busy eight weeks -- here's my present handwriting.

 

http://tkeller.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Writing/Cheesy-II/876769610_q7apQ-L-1.png

[georges zaslavsky]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/georges2/m800m1000comparison.jpg

a comparo I did a while back, used a m800 old style with m nib and a m1000 with m nib too

[zaga]

Fifthblackbird, improvement is really visible. It is very interesting to see situation before and after.I can’t wait to see my letters after two months practice.

[bigstick]

well, here's a contribution of my daily hand :

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/yuckkie/Scribblings/writingsample.jpg

This post is simply too interesting its hard not to reply !

leo

 

Woke up this morning wanting to flex so here's another sample just for fun ! Daily practice hand rather than daily handwriting

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/yuckkie/Scribblings/DSC02243.jpg

 

 

I want the Waterman and the handwriting...I will send my address! Very nice, Leo....where is that great example with the flourishes in it about New Year's?

 

Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I have a #12, but I don't think I can make it do that.......I am diminished, and I shall pass away into the West.

[bigstick]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii241/bigstickpilot/Bulletin%20Board/FPN100607a.jpg

[partysover]

I am absolutely amazed by the beautiful penmanship some of you guys have.

 

Personally, I feel like a eight year old when I'm writing. Especially when I write at my usual note taking speed (seen at the bottom). I got a fountain pen a couple of weeks ago and I am working on getting some sort of cursive going. It's an iridium nib, so not very much variation sadly.

 

Is there any good lessons online for a hand that doesn't require all that much flexibility?

[13KnifeThrower13]

I am absolutely amazed by the beautiful penmanship some of you guys have.

 

Personally, I feel like a eight year old when I'm writing. Especially when I write at my usual note taking speed (seen at the bottom). I got a fountain pen a couple of weeks ago and I am working on getting some sort of cursive going. It's an iridium nib, so not very much variation sadly.

 

Is there any good lessons online for a hand that doesn't require all that much flexibility?

I learned my cursive from "iampeth.com". just look around at the lessons and look under cursive. they have scanned copies of the pages of books that can help you learn. They may be long, but it's worth reading. Another thing i would try is making loops, and filling up a whole page a day with medium size loops.

[wheezur]

I am absolutely amazed by the beautiful penmanship some of you guys have.

 

Personally, I feel like a eight year old when I'm writing. Especially when I write at my usual note taking speed (seen at the bottom). I got a fountain pen a couple of weeks ago and I am working on getting some sort of cursive going. It's an iridium nib, so not very much variation sadly.

 

Is there any good lessons online for a hand that doesn't require all that much flexibility?

Yes, over at iampeth.com there are pdf files of books on "business writing," which are relatively plain, monoline styles (no flex, no line variation, no ornamentation). One that I like a lot is the Ames Guide to Self Instruction. You can also download some pdf templates that have diagonal lines to help practice and achieve a consistent slope angle for your writing.

[partysover]

Okay, thanks guys!

[tawanda]

I love the book Write Now, by Gilbert and Gubar. Its helped me no end.

[stevlight]

Here it is written with a Mont Blanc 149 M nib:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4699696540_5f41165e9a_m.jpg

 

I only print!

Edited June 14, 2010 by stevlight

[thebz1]

Here is something I was asked to do by a priest in my parish. It is not perfect, but I tried.

 

[13KnifeThrower13]

Here is something I was asked to do by a priest in my parish. It is not perfect, but I tried.

 

I do a bit of calligraphy myself, but sadly i don't have any pictures on hand. The only thing i would suggest with that style of calligraphy, is to keep you vertical and horizontal lines straight, and true.

[cdsick]

 

This is my writing, I have been trying to find capitals that I like, so some of them might change pretty soon

[ballboy]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s149/bucketzoid/PENS/Image0068.jpg

[Basset]

That's my handwriting in Baystate blue:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4328904299_9e2b8cdfac.jpg

 

This post was valuable to me because it has drawn my attention to Baystate Blue. Have to try that out. Thanks.

[kathleen]

I am sticking with the Palmer method of handwriting. I still remember my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Higginbothom making us practice, practice, practice. She said, "penmanship matters". My father was a graphic artist, he often asked us to copy our homework over after he checked it, saying, "Now make it neat".

I am an elementary school teacher, there is very little time devoted to teaching either manuscript or cursive writing. Word processing is our best hope for a future generation to produce legible written communication.

What does my penmanship say about me? Too timid to venture far from expectations? Not very creative? I hope not. I stick to the Palmer model because I want to communicate clearly to others when I write. Flouishes and deviation from the standard form can distract from that aim.

 

No special effort given here, everyday everything I write looks like these samples: