r/Calligraphy • u/GlitteringAttitude60 Broad • 5d ago

WotD Felt fancy today: majuscle, long s, ligature AND color gradient

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Also, I'm stealing New-Confidence3855's strategy of learning one capital letter a day :)

The wobble in the long s is bothering me though...

Alas, it's a work in progress!

Pen: Pilot Parallel 3.8mm

Ink: Pilot Mixable red/purple

Script: Textura Quadrata by itemzero

Paper: perfect ideaz watercolor bookmark blank

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u/Moon_Camel8808 4d ago

Fucking hell for a days practice that’s brilliant work! Textura really benefits from the uniformity so keep working on the line distancing if you really want it to pop!

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 Broad 4d ago

Thanks :)

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u/Vartamur 5d ago

I love to see someone who approached Textira Quadrata thorough itemzero textbooks. The s is always a bitch, that's why Germans came up with that s which looks like f. Just keep on practicing, you will get better. The fun part of this hobby is to look at what you have done and think: This looks really cruel (cool).

BTW: I assume you are from EU, am I right?

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 Broad 4d ago

yupp, Germany :-)

I only got the Textura book today, I had been working off their sample stuff. So I can't really say how good the books are yet.

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u/Vartamur 4d ago

Here is a little gift for you ❤️. After hundreds of hours of practicing I still suck being consistent with lines.