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Today on my desk – variations of upright Kurrent script capitals. That’s an old pet project of mine – trying to modernize a nearly forgotten style of handwriting, but not losing its particular characteristics. I will show and tell more about this in an upcoming project 😉! :: Kurrentschrift fand ich spannend, seit ich als Tenie zum ersten Mal in einem autobiografischen Comic der 2014 verstorbenen Zeichnerin Marie Marcks darauf stieß. Bald erfahrt Ihr mehr über meine modernisierte Spitzfeder-Kurrent, in der ich versuche, einen Kompromiss zwischen Lesbarkeit und historischer Anmutung zu erreichen ... :: #calligraphy #kalligrafie #kalligraphie #gothicscript #gothichandwriting #kurrent #kurrentschrift #kurrentscript #handwriting #handschrift #écriture #calligraphie #blackandwhite #schwarzweiß #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy https://www.instagram.com/p/B2_jjryg_SU/?igshid=150i1r1xb7fna

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The first few lines of a letter by George Villiers to King James I. (or V., for Scotland). He was the king's last favourite and probably his lover. Having read a bit about both, they seem quite complex, ambiguous characters ... I guess that's true for most leading figures in Renaissance England! The original, by the way, is written in a quite modern looking, fast and not very regular hand 😉! — Written with a quill and iron gall ink on simple drawing paper, x-height about 4 mm. And yes, there are some copying / spelling mistakes.:: Hier die ersten Zeilen eines Briefes von George Villiers, einem Favoriten von Jakob I., an eben diesen. Historiker sind sich nicht so einig darüber, ob er wirklich der Liebhaber des Königs war oder nicht – beide scheinen jedenfalls recht komplexe, schillernde Persönlichkeiten gewesen zu sein … der Originalbrief ist in einer sehr modern wirkenden, schnellen Handschrift geschrieben. #calligraphy #kalligrafie #kalligraphie #caligrafia #bastarda #batarde #gothichandwriting #handschrift #loveletter #liebesbrief #letter #brief #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy

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If you’re not only interested in calligraphy, but also a typophile, you’ll maybe like the text by my husband that I illustrated with the Shakespeare quote above. The text – »Type Casting; or, The Comic Sans of Errors« is about how to chose an appropiote typeface for a given purpose and tries to make that process easier by comparing typefaces to actors 😉. So go to https://goo.gl/gZeGwb if you'd like to find out which typeface Benedict Cumberbatch would be! #calligraphy #kalligraphie #kalligrafie #tudorhandwriting #secretaryhand #gothichandwriting #shakespeare #type #typefaces #design #graphicdesign #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy #writtenwithaquill #federkiel

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I've started practicing with a bit more meaningful texts than the stroke exercises and pangrams that work quite well for warm-up, but don't help me so much when actually writing out something longer. So here's another go with my personal interpretation of the Secretary Hand – written with one of my newly cut quills! »Maybe we journalists will have to learn anew that you actually can start a text with these three words: This is false. If someone denies climate change or evolution or agitates with lies against minorities, it’s our duty not only to report it, but to add: this is a complete fabrication.« Quote from the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung from November 19/20 2016 :: Hier das erste Blatt in einer kleinen Serie von Zeitungs-Zitaten. Ich finde Gotische Schreibschriften faszinierend und hier seht ihr eine recht persönliche Interpretation der Secretary Hand nach einer englisch-französischen Vorlage aus dem 16. Jahrhundert! Der Text ist ein Auszug aus dem Artikel »Die Lüge« von Evelyn Roll, erschienen in der Süddeutschen Zeitung vom 19./20. November 2016. #calligraphy #kalligrafie #kalligraphie #secretaryhand #gothic #gothichandwriting #blackletter #climatechangeisreal #factsarefacts #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy