{"id":1811,"date":"2016-07-10T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T03:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2016-07-12T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T02:58:09","slug":"bookhand-homework-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/10\/bookhand-homework-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookhand homework – due week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week in the bookhand class I’m teaching, we talked about layout and copy-fitting strategies. One strategy is to write the quotation, cut up the lines and rearrange them to fit the space allotted. I did the first part here:<\/p>\n

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Trial bookhand lettering for a series of cards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t actually cut up the lettering, but I did measure the lines and begin each line based on those measurements. I did a series of cards based on the one Proust quotation. As shown below, I can get very different looks using the pen and the same basic centered layout. What I’ve changed: writing fluid, ground (paper), line leading. In a couple of cases I wrote the lettering with no guidelines, and so the x-height and line leading are also variable. Also in a couple of cases, I wrote “bloom” instead of “blossom.” Oops.
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Lettering variations done with one pen and a centered layout.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week in the bookhand class I’m teaching, we talked about layout and copy-fitting strategies. One strategy is to write the quotation, cut up the lines and rearrange them to fit the space allotted. I did the first part here: I didn’t actually cut up the lettering, but I did measure the lines and begin … <\/p>\n

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