{"id":1254,"date":"2015-07-02T18:02:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T01:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2015-07-03T09:03:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:03:30","slug":"pointed-pen-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/02\/pointed-pen-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointed pen practice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pointed pen practice – Leonardt Principality nib, McCaffery Penman’s Ink and Moon Palace sumi ink on Strathrmore Drawing 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s been so hot that I’ve been working in the dining room on the main floor of the house. My studio over the garage is an oven this summer, especially in the afternoons.\u00a0For the past couple of days I’ve been addressing wedding invitations, which is good from a “venue” standpoint: the tools and materials needed are finite and portable.<\/p>\n

Pointed pen is so different from broad-edge pen lettering,\u00a0that when I switch from one to the other that I must practice to get back in the groove. Shown above are two of the three pages done to prepare for job. For the first page (not shown) I lettered in my default pointed pen script. Because the invitation was printed in Bickham Script, on these two pages I developed a script style that incorporates some of the characteristics of Bickham.<\/p>\n

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Sample from Bickham Script Pro font<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few Bickahm characteristics I chose to incorporate in my script:<\/p>\n