Learning Italic

[Bronze]

 

What nib is it on the Safari? If you don't mind me asking.

 

The Safari has the 1.9 mm italic nib on it. I have sharpened it a bit though, so it provides a touch more line variation than from the factory.

Edited September 16, 2014 by Bronze

[NevynM]

 

The Safari has the 1.9 mm italic nib on it. I have sharpened it a bit though, so I provides a touch more line variation than from the factory.

 

Cool, thanks.

[silver ink]

some more practice

 

 

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag175/ink00/12_zps310d5677.jpg

[ongnon]

Not good enough with 3.8, do you think parallel 6.0 is better?

Edited September 19, 2014 by ongnon

[ongnon]

still not good enough

[ongnon]

[Bronze]

Practicing a bit today with the new white Safari (from The Writing Desk), standard 1.9 mm nib.

 

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm118/DrBronze/DSC_0181_zps2f6d2372.jpg

 

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm118/DrBronze/DSC_01791_zpsf33a7aa3.jpg

[dms525]

 

 

Jaki Svaren at the Reed College Scriptorium. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014

 

David

[KaB]

Finally picked up my excercise where I left it (Lesson 10 of Fred Eager):

 

 

You can tell it's been a few days...

[kivela]

@KaB: I respect all the effort you are putting into your practice, keep it up !

 

Some practice sheets from a poem notebook I am constructing for a friend/colleague of mine.

As you can see I need a lot more practice on the miniscules before even hinting towards the flourishing and/or capitals...

 

All feedback is welcomed,

Have a great weekend.

[dragos.mocanu]

Here goes nothing...

 

http://i.imgur.com/vfUEc92.jpg

 

 

Please excuse my abysmal photography skills...

 

Cheers,

Dragos

[Bronze]

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm118/DrBronze/DSC_0191kopi_zpsb620395f.jpg

[KaB]

[dms525]

 

Great progress! Especially notable in letter slope, to my eye.

 

A picky suggestion: Look at your branching. Your branching is a bit too high. Interesting that this is true for both "clockwise letters" such as m and n and "counter-clockwise letters" such as U, a and y. But maybe that is a problem with your model, and you are just copying it. There are some good letters here. The a, g,and n in "magnet" on the last row. The m's branching is too high.

 

The rule I learned is that branching should occur at the mid-point between the baseline and the waistline. However, I have seen italic instructional manuals that violate that rule.

 

If you need an example to make this clearer, let me know.

 

David

[KaB]

 

Great progress! Especially notable in letter slope, to my eye.

 

A picky suggestion: Look at your branching. Your branching is a bit too high. Interesting that this is true for both "clockwise letters" such as m and n and "counter-clockwise letters" such as U, a and y. But maybe that is a problem with your model, and you are just copying it. There are some good letters here. The a, g,and n in "magnet" on the last row. The m's branching is too high.

 

The rule I learned is that branching should occur at the mid-point between the baseline and the waistline. However, I have seen italic instructional manuals that violate that rule.

 

If you need an example to make this clearer, let me know.

 

David

 

 

Hi David, thx for your feedback. I know about the branching. But now, I've picked Fred Eager's DIY manual, advancing slowly lesson by lesson. He specifically urges you to really copy 'his' style for the so many first lessons and keep 'personal taste' and alternatives (like different angels, different branching) for lesson xx where he covers the topic of diverging from 'his' standard.

Branching just might be one of those things.

Still, your keen eye and fresh feedback are highly appreciated!

 

Glad you found an a you like, I have a hard time finding one

[Bronze]

David, sounds like a nice visit to the scriptorium, thanks for sharing!

[silver ink]

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag175/ink00/practice_zpsf0e9bbb3.jpg

[fariadantes]

I love this topic.

[silver ink]

sir is blackletter a variant of italic?

Edited October 13, 2014 by silver ink

[ehemem]

sir is blackletter a variant of italic?

 

No. The Blackletter family of scripts predates Italic.

Edited October 13, 2014 by ehemem