Sometimes copperplate is a bit hard to read :)

#writing #calligraphy @calligraphy

@freemo A bit?

I see either Wonzers or Nonzers... Both sound like nonsens to me.

@trinsec haha its "Wowzers".. the copperplate traditional w is weird as fuck.

@freemo Are there many variations of the copperflate font? Because I imagesearch around, and so far I've not spotted any with the first 2 legs of the w glued together.

@trinsec depends who you ask. But in practice, yes, there is a lot of variation that will be called copper plate. The funky w is fairly traditional and used less and less. But the main types are round hand, Italian hand, engraver's and engrosses variants.

@trinsec Here is an engraving showing English round hand (which is the original copperplate and purists will claim the only correct form) and Italian hand for comparison.. As you can see the w matches my style in all 3 variations of roundhand and Italian hand.

@freemo The n and w are eerily similar. However, in the example given (which looks like it's sttttuttttterring, heh), the w has an ending that is up there, and the next letter starts separately next to that ending... in your writing the w is merged into the z (or the other way around), I think that should've been more separate. See how the w and the x are still distinct in the examples, not merged. In your case it would read wonzers, although the r seems pretty off to me as well. Looks more like the symbol for micro.

Sorry for the antfucking. :P

@trinsec yea in italian hand in this example they do look seperate. But in both round hand examples the w continues into the next letter. Now sure if the split in italian hand is typical (have not noticed it before).. but regardless my version is closer to roundhand than italian hand.

@freemo Even in roundhand I'm seeing the distinction. In my idea you should've added a little curly hookymooky whateveryoucallit between the w and the z. Something kind of like this that I wrote down quickly. Stupid pencil broke a few times.