{"id":900,"date":"2015-01-07T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=900"},"modified":"2015-02-06T20:37:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T03:37:26","slug":"f-friedrich-neugebauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/07\/f-friedrich-neugebauer\/","title":{"rendered":"F is is for Friedrich … Neugebauer"},"content":{"rendered":"

F is for Friedrich<\/a> Neugebauer.<\/p>\n

I never met Mr. Neugebauer, but his book\u00a0The Mystic Art of Written Forms<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was a profound inspiration in my early calligraphy studies. This was the first calligraphy book I read that was not grounded in the English stream of calligraphy that grew out of the Arts & Crafts Movement.<\/p>\n

Mr. Neugebauer taught typography and graphic design in the University of Arts and Industrial Design\u00a0Linz, a school which was allied with Bauhaus and German Werkbund values. I didn’t know that\u00a0back then, but I did recognize that this was a very different style of calligraphy. The focus on materials and geometry was apparent even before I understood it Constructivist roots. Even though this\u00a0book is an instructional book — the subtitle is “An Illustrated Handbook for Lettering” — I regarded the book as inspirational rather than instructional.\u00a0The beautiful, stylized serifs which characterize Neugebauer’s work was were evident but not explained in the book, or perhaps I missed it because I was so far from ready to understand them.<\/p>\n

\"2015-01-07I don’t think I’ve explained that it is my intention to spend at least 30 minutes a day on daily practice. It’s a modest goal, but attainable. When the backlog of holiday-schedule chores abates, I plan to return to my one-hour minimum. Today’s lettering, shown here, is a first copy of Neugebauer’s Uncial exemplar. Although his exemplar is shown at about 11 pen-widths high, I chose to do mine at about 9 pen-widths with a Speedball “C” nib. The slightly flared finials are a Neugebauer trademark; at this size I achieved it with double strokes rather than pressure, which is what I’m sure he did. The horizontal serifs are partially drawn, although with a little practice they could be made with one stroke and some pen twisting.<\/p>\n

These forms are based on Roman Uncials and influenced by the graphic design movements of mid-20th century\u00a0Europe. They look very different from the Uncial of the English stream of calligraphy, which was influenced by Insular\u00a0forms of England and Ireland.<\/p>\n

I should have used a bigger piece of paper but I only had about 20 minutes \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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F is for Friedrich Neugebauer. I never met Mr. Neugebauer, but his book\u00a0The Mystic Art of Written Forms\u00a0was a profound inspiration in my early calligraphy studies. This was the first calligraphy book I read that was not grounded in the English stream of calligraphy that grew out of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Mr. Neugebauer … <\/p>\n

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