{"id":1792,"date":"2016-07-07T00:20:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T07:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2016-07-07T01:15:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T08:15:17","slug":"bookhand-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/bookhand-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookhand variations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bookhand variations using a Brause 2.5mm nib and\u00a0Moon Palace ink on Strathmore Drawing 300 paper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bookhand\u00a0homework<\/h2>\n

I always try to do the homework I’ve assigned.\u00a0In this bookhand calligraphy class, part of the\u00a0homework this week\u00a0is to do work with the following specific intentions:<\/p>\n

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  1. x-height of your choice, expressed in terms of pen-widths (between\u00a03 and 5);<\/li>\n
  2. pen angle \u2014 your choice, but keep in mind that if you have few pen-widths in option 1,\u00a0it will be natural to flatten your pen angle, and vice versa (between 15\u00ba and 40\u00ba);<\/li>\n
  3. compression \u2014 your choice, keeping “o” and “n” as touchstones;<\/li>\n
  4. letter spacing \u2014 partially a function of option 3;<\/li>\n
  5. ascender\/descender size \u2014 should be partially a function of options 3 and 6; and,<\/li>\n
  6. line leading \u2014 partially a function of\u00a0options 1 and 5, but also consider the size of your lettering in relation to the page, and also the length of your lines.<\/li>\n
  7. serif — simple lead-in, beak, slab, or nothing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My choices for the bookhand variations<\/h2>\n

    In the above 2 examples, my intentions were roughly as follows (I should have made notes \u2014 and let that be a lesson to you students!):<\/p>\n

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    1. x-height is 4 pen-widths high in both cases, maybe a little more;<\/li>\n
    2. pen angle is 30-35\u00ba in both cases;<\/li>\n
    3. compression is roughly 2:1 (h:2) in the first sample, and 1:1.2 in the second sample;<\/li>\n
    4. letter spacing is necessarily tighter in the first sample than in the second;<\/li>\n
    5. ascender\/descender height is the same for both, at about 2\/3 the x-height; and,<\/li>\n
    6. line leading is the same in both cases,\u00a0being simply the addition of the x-height + ascender height + descender height, with no additional space between upper descender and lower ascender.<\/li>\n
    7. the serif for first sample was beaked; for the second sample it was a simple lead-in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      It’s hard to switch from compressed to expanded without warming up. I also noticed that once I expanded the width of the letters I had to fight to keep the pen angle as steep as it had been for the compressed lettering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The bookhand\u00a0homework I always try to do the homework I’ve assigned.\u00a0In this bookhand calligraphy class, part of the\u00a0homework this week\u00a0is to do work with the following specific intentions: x-height of your choice, expressed in terms of pen-widths (between\u00a03 and 5); pen angle \u2014 your choice, but keep in mind that if you have few pen-widths … <\/p>\n

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