Day 1 of this hand, these rules:
- 3/8″ x-height (= about 9.5mm)
- 1/4″ ascenders and descenders
- 1/2″ real capitals (=about 12.5mm)
- 1.5mm Tape nib
- fairly flat pen angle, maybe 25°
- flatten pen angle at top and bottom of straight strokes
- some additional waisting via pressure
- smooth inner counter at joins
- consistent figure between bowls of a and e
Thoughts:
It doesn’t flow well; it’s not yet in my kinetic knowledge. The sleeve of my jacket keeps impeding the smoothness of the long vertical strikes. The pen angle keeps creeping up. The s needs work (not unique to this hand!). I need to either tighten the word spacing or loosen the letter spacing. There is more. But this is enough to be going on with.