#trajans

[lojsa]

Calligraphy and Music • And One

[happynewbrush]

[sweetsincerely]

“Once in a while, in the middle of an ordinary life… love gives us a fairy tale.”

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Not sure who said the original quote but Goodreads says it belongs to Melissa Brown of Picturing Perfect.

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White acrylic pointed nib on Fabulous Fancy Pants matte black paper 8x10”.

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#sweetsincerely #nyccalligrapher #trajansonline #trajan #romancapitals #romancaps #calligraphy #calligritype #practicemakesprogress #quote

[lindseyhook]

Some pics from playing with penned Trajan variants this weekend. I still need a lot of practice, but these were a lot of fun 😛

[huyhoangdao]

O . #huyhoangdao #calligraphy #penmanship #handwriting #lettering #typography #flourishing #birdflourishing #copperplate #spencerian #pointedpen #obliqueholder #iampeth #vsco #photography #roman #broadedgecalligraphy #brushcalligraphy #trajans https://www.instagram.com/p/B2anYiPhrhk/?igshid=1bwbu18g4v7ip

[herzberg]

For this week’s #goodtypetuesday: The biggest lesson I’ve learned as a lettered has to be something like charging a deposit or only sending the files after receiving payment. However, that’s a not-chill lesson. Here’s a chill lesson: one of the best ways for me to improve has been to look at work of artists and designers who came generations before me. From the 6th century BC to the 1960’s, our ancestors have spent many years figuring out how to make the best looking letters, all without the help of Adobe Suite or ipads. That’s a lot of knowledge to soak up, and doing so builds the foundation necessary to be any kind of decent at lettering. . Pictured here are my humble tributes to the work of far greater artists: ‘Study’ in Roman Square Capitals as seen on Trajan’s column, ‘the’ in humanist hand, and ‘classics’ in a roundhand script, all pulled together with some faux-pointed pen flourishes inspired by George Bickham. . . . . . #theornamentalpenman #roundhand #trajans #romansquarecapitals #foundational #lettering #flourishing #hatching #blackandwhitr #penandink #ornament #ornamentallettering #graphicdesign #ornament #penandink #calligraphy #handlettering #typography #type #goodtype @goodtype #tyxca #typetopia #designspiration @designspiration

[happynewbrush]

[lindseyhook]

More Trajan practice from last night. I think it’s been at least a year (+?) since I’ve picked up a flat brush, so I’m definitely rusty. There are a lot of wobbles here and missed rotations/proportions. I also slightly mismeasured my brush width before drawing my line height guides, so everything is a little slim 🤦‍♀️

I was working with a Raphael Kaerell no.4. I think the line height is a bit under 3”

It felt really good to pick up the brush again. I’m hoping to make more time for practice in the evenings this week 🤞