{"id":3735,"date":"2024-05-09T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T00:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T00:16:14","slug":"in-calligraphy-practice-approaches-perfection-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/09\/in-calligraphy-practice-approaches-perfection-right\/","title":{"rendered":"In calligraphy, practice approaches perfection, right?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week I had occasion to write out a poem in letters of nearly 1\/2″ x-height. It had been a long time since I had written anything of any length with a 3mm-wide nib, so I began with my go-to practice page, the alphabetical list of related terms. The first page was of upright italic, and then I tried something with a good slanted. The final piece had a slant that was somewhere between these two, but these two sheets were a good starting point and a great warm-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I had occasion to write out a poem in letters of nearly 1\/2″ x-height. It had been a long time since I had written anything of any length with a 3mm-wide nib, so I began with my go-to practice page, the alphabetical list of related terms. The first page was of upright italic, … <\/p>\n

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