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There are five major historic hands of western calligraphy, all of which I have studied extensively in my years of being a calligrapher. I've broken my styles into those five categories so that I could include a little history
in with them as well. So, if you are interested, please, read the history boxes on the left and then peruse the styles on the right. And if you're
not interested, then just take a look at what I can do for you. |
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| Gothic/Blackletter |
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| Italic |
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| Copperplate/Pointed Pen |
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| Miscellaneous |
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Protowriting-Writing in the Womb |
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Before the development of our modern writing alphabet man had a variety of ways in which to communicate with one another (or with themselves.) The earliest of these were items like knotted cords and scratches on bones known as mnemonic devices. These memory aids functioned much like the string around our finger would today.
Cave drawings and pictographs also qualify as a type of proto-writing if they are done so in sequence as to convey an idea. Although a singular picture can convey a message it does not neccesarily convey the spoken word. It is important to remember that many scholars believe that man only had the ability to grunt, growl, and huff until 100,000 to 40,000 years ago when he finally became physically capable of speech. It is the spoken word and development of language that was the essential foundation for the written word to develop.
Stay Tuned For More Coming Soon... |
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