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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@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.
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 @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