Playing with the archaic long-s style.
1 is the modern form,
2 would be the form from 18th century and before,
3 is replacing all styles of s with the long-s
#history #calligraphy #copperplate #handwriting #writing @calligraphy
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@cee Doctors dont have hand writing. They just have a seizure on paper and rely on the psychic abilities of others to "read" it.
+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@freemo @calligraphy idk about english, but for german there were specific rules where to use long s and normal s.
slight digression: i sometimes miss those old, more organic style of things. they have a more human quality imho. the same goes for old fonts. e.g. i like garamond very much because it feels organic and less sterile than more modern fonts like grotesque.
Same in english. That is why the #2 is proper, it has one long s and one round s because of those rules. #3 is not proper but I included it because I felt it looked nicer.
@freemo @calligraphy i inly learnt a very simplified cursive handwriting in school, but they seem to have abandoned altogether now, just going for the single letter style. while practical, i think learning to write a cursive hand has value of it's own, like patience and learning to abstract more from antiqua style characters.
guess i have to put calligraphy onto my ever growing todo list xD
There is a big gap between cursive and calligraphy. Cursive is designed to be fast with few movements that involve lifting the pen. Calligraphy scripts are usually slow and impractical for every day writing and focus more on aesthetics.
The type of cursive taught is usually palmer cursive. Which is based of a calligraphy script (called Spencerian) but has been modified for the above purpose.
@freemo me reading that as fuff
@xarvos understandable. Copperplate in general isnt the easiest to read considering some of the letter forms like the w
The long-s is related to but distinct from the Eszett. In english the long-s is used and is the same in every way other than form to a normal s. However according to the rules a double s would take a long-s form followed by a round s (normal s). These two together look like the eszett and is in fact where the eszett came from, thus why its a double-s.
Yes* - I just thought it would be a nice addition to the comparison for completeness's sake as a fourth example (which is why I numbered it as 4).
* actually, ß is from ſʒ, not ſs, but functionally that makes little difference
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I love how your handwriting is flawless, but yet you're incapable of drawing a circle around a number.
