Mar 5, 2025
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.
seen from Switzerland
seen from Austria
seen from Angola
seen from Germany
seen from Latvia
seen from United States
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Australia
seen from Austria
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Austria
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Switzerland
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
ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱʜɪᴘ'ꜱ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ ᴘᴛ.1
