A selection of animals from various 17th and 18th century calligraphy copybooks which were drawn with single lines to practice (and show off) penmanship strokes.

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A selection of animals from various 17th and 18th century calligraphy copybooks which were drawn with single lines to practice (and show off) penmanship strokes.
Recent Acquisition - Rare Book Collection
Figure Alphabet. Mayer, Leipsig, 1878.
Gaskell's Guide to Writing, Pen-Flourishing, Lettering, Business Letter Writing, Etc. by G. A. Gaskell. Office of the Penman's Gazette, 1884.
How about a fancy fish flourish for #FishFriday 🐟?
From "The Penman's Paradise” by Knapp & Rightmyer (1853), reproduced in Ames' Book of Flourishes: 125 Designs by 72 Leading American Penmen (1890). Found while perusing the stacks at Winterthur Library today.
fun little extra that I wrote on stream, lil bit of minimum in cursive, italic, and a gothic textura
August 25, 1958 — see The Complete Peanuts 1955-1958
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