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Getting Started with the
Oblique Pointed Pen
Comparison
of the different styles of Pointed Pen Scripts, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Styles of
Script, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Demystifying the Oblique Penholder, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
The Point
and when to change it, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Adjusting
Your Premium Oblique Penholder, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Getting
Started in Script, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Setting and Stabilizing the Removable Flange, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Demystifying the Copperplate/Spencerian Script Enigma, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Build Yourself an Oblique Pencil, Bob Hurford*
Adjusting
the Angle of Your Paper, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
How to Properly Hold the Oblique Pen, by Don and Ron Tate
A Question
of Practice, essay by Dr. Joseph M. Vitolo on the fundamentals of practicing
script
Video
Adjusting
your Pen and Paper, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Before
We Get Started, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Adjusting the flange on
your Oblique Penholder, Dr.
Joe Vitolo
Video
Preparing
the flange on your Penholder, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Tips on Nibs
A Look
at Fine & Flexible Nibs, Bob Hurford*
A
Look at Fine & Not-So-Flexible Nibs, Bob Hurford*
Choosing
the Right Nib, Bob Hurford*
Crow Quill Pens,
Bob Hurford*
Nibs for Monoline
Writing, Bob Hurford*
When
A Good Nib is Too Big for the Penholder, Bob Hurford*
Leornardt's
Principal is the New Principality, Bob Hurford*
About Inks
Regarding Iron Gall Ink,
Brian G. Walker
Hints & Tips on
Ziller Inks, Richard and Vivian Mungall
Freshening Up Iron Gall Type Inks, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Spencerian Script
EXAMPLE
Spencer's New Standard Writing, Spencer Brothers, 1884
Practical Penmanship, Spencer Brothers, 1885
Spencerian
Ladies' Hand
Spencerian Script, taken from Real Penwork, 1881
Principles of
Spencerian Script, Seldom Dunton, 1863
Henry Cadam Letter,
a beautiful sample of writing
Letter to Henry Cadam, another beautiful sample
Gaskell's Compendium of Forms (the section on Writing), G.A. Gaskell,
1883
Spencerian Ladies Hand
Spencerian Ladies
Hand
Ornamental Penmanship
EXAMPLE
Ninety-five Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, C.W. Jones , 1914
Lessons in Dashy Writing, F.B. Courtney
Lessons in
Ornamental Penmanship, P.Z. Bloser and E.A. Lupfer
ADOBE PDF
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, C.P. Zaner, 1920
Exemplar, C.P. Zaner
Exemplar, H.P. Behrensmeyer
Exemplar,
L.P. Spencer and H.W. Flickinger
Ornamental Capitals,
Mary ChampionDel Tysdal's Lessons
in Ornamental Penmanship
Del Tysdal was a student of W.C. Brownfield, who was Louis Madarasz' last
student. Del has shared with us these lessons on how to do Ornamental
Penmanship the way the old Masters did it. Thank you Del. (Thanks
to Dr. Joe Vitolo for compiling the posts and creating the pdf files.)
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, Part 1*
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, Part 2*
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, Part 3*
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, Part 4*
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, Part 5*
Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, Part 6*
Video
Del Tysdal demonstrates OP
technique
Analysis of SJW signature
in D. Tysdal video, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Signature Writing
EXAMPLE
Signature writing is a unique specialty of Ornamental Penmanship.
Characterized by elaborate flourishes and joined capitals, it is an artform
all its own.
Ornamental Penmanship Signatures, C.P. Zaner, taken from Lessons in
Ornamental Penmanship, 1920
F.B.
Courtney Scrapbook, F.B. Courtney, courtesy of Bob Hurford
Del Tysdal's OP Signatures
This is a series of posts and photos by Del on how to do signatures in Ornamental
Penmanship. These were posted to the Ornamental_Penmanship Yahoo Group during
March-April 2006
Instructional Posts on OP Signatures*
Photographs of Signatures
Cursive Handwriting
EXAMPLE
ADOBE PDF
Palmer Method of Business Writing, A.N. Palmer Company, 1935
Gaskell's Business Hand, G.A. Gaskell
ADOBE PDF
Palmer's
Penmanship Budget, A.N. Palmer, 1919
Lessons in Practical Penmanship, H.P. Behrensmeyer
A
Complete Compendium of Plain Practical Penmanship, L.M. Kelchner, 1901
Self-Instruction in Modern Writing, A.N. Palmer
Exemplar-Capitals,
E.W. Bloser
Exemplar-Capitals, A.D. Taylor
ADOBE PDF
Ames' Guide
to Self-Instruction in Practical and Artistic Penmanship, Daniel T.
Ames, Author and Pulisher, 1884
ADOBE PDF
Champion
Method of Practical Business Writing, Mary L. Champion
10 Pages of Writing,
Transcribed text document J.J. Bailey
Copperplate/Engrosser's Script
EXAMPLE
Lessons
in Engraver's Script, W.A. Baird
Lessons
in Engrosser's Script, E.L. Brown
Learn
Engrosser's Script, Joseph Galtiero
Learn
Engraver's Script, O.E. Hovis
Lessons
in Engrosser's Script, Charleton Howe
Lessons
in Engrosser's Script, E.A. Lupfer
Lessons
in Engrosser's Script, C.P. Zaner
Roundhand or Engrosser's Script, E.A. Lupfer
Lessons in Advanced Engraver's Script, exemplars by Louis Madarasz
Guidelines used in the video clips below, Dr. Joe Vitolo (pdf document)
Capital Letters on Guidelines, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Please
see this video clip on how to use the Guidelines, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Fundamentals of Script
in the Copperplate Style
Video The Fundamental Oval Form,
Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
The 'Retouched' Cutoff, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video The
Fundamental 'i', Dr. Joe Vitolo
Illustration for The
Fundamental 'i', Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
The Fundamental 'v', Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video The
Compound Curve, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
The Square Cutoff, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Fundamental Concepts:
Drawing versus Writing, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Script in the Copperplate
Style: Lowercase Letters
Video
Lowercase Letters Group I, Part 1 of 3, c,e,o,s, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group I, Part 2 of 3, a,d, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group I, Part 3 of 3, g,q, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group II, Part 1 of 3, i,u,w, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group II, Part 2 of 3, j,l,t, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group II, Part 3 of 3, f,k, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group II, Supplement, The Double ll, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group III, Part 1 of 2, v,x, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group III, Part 2 of 2, r,m,n, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group IV, Part 1 of 2, b,h,y, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Lowercase Letters Group IV, Part 2 of 2, p,z, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Script in the
Copperplate Style: Uppercase Letters
Video
Uppercase Letters: Guideline Usage, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
A Sample of Uppercase
Letters: A, O, J, Z, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters F,T, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, B,P,R, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, U,X,Y, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, D, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, O,Q, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, E, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, C, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, G,L,S, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, H,K, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, V,W, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, Z, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, I,J, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Uppercase
Letters, A,M,N, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Advanced Concepts
Video
Gilded
Script Using 23K Gold Leaf, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
The
Oblique Pencil, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Writing
LARGE Letters, Capital B, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
The Symmetry
of Curves, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Video
Fishhook
Capitals, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Tips on Engrossers Script, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
The Descender Stem Loop and Baseline Crossing, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
The Oval and Compound Curves, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
The Symmetry of Curves, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
The
Leaning Tower of 'E', Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Letterform
Analysis: The Key of 'D', Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Letterform Analysis: The Fundamental Oval, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
The
Slant on the Story of N, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Script: Introduction, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Script: Fundamental Forms, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Engrosser's Script: Group I Lowercase, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Engrosser's Script: Group II Lowercase, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Engrosser's Script: Group III Lowercase, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Engrosser's Script: Group IV Lowercase, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Lessons in Engrosser's Script: Group I Capitals, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Seeing Ovals in the Hairline/Shade Transitions, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
A Question
of Practice, essay by Dr. Joseph M. Vitolo on the fundamentals of practicing
script
Needle Stitch Script
EXAMPLE
Needle Stitch Script, Dr. Joe Vitolo*
Video
Needle
Stitch Script, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Broad-pen Lettering Styles
EXAMPLE
Lessons in Text Lettering, S.E. Bartow
Lesson
1-Principal Strokes
German
Text
Old
English
Engrosser's
Text
Lesson
5
Lessons in Text Lettering, W.E. Dennis
Retouched
Old English
German
Text
Rapid
Old English and German Text
German
Round Hand
Speed
Work
Display
Work
Flourishing with Pointed Pen
EXAMPLE
Flourishing, taken from The New Spencerian Compendium
The Principles of Flourishing, taken from Gems of Penmanship
Bird Flourishing,
E.L. Brown
Hand Positions for Flourishing
How to hold the pen
Bird Flourish, W.E.
Dennis
Bird Flourish, H.S. Blanchard
Flourish,
H.S. Blanchard
Bird Flourish, F.B.
Courtney
Bird Flourish,
F.B. Courtney
Bird Flourish, H.S. Blanchard
Bird Flourish,
H.P. Behrensmeyer
The Clinton Clark Scrapbook,
Clinton Clark
ADOBE PDF
Bible
Pearls of Promise, Real Pen-Work Publishing, 1867
Guide sheets
Spencerian
Guidelines #1 (Adobe pdf file)
Spencerian
Guidelines #2 (Adobe pdf file)
Engrosser's
script - small (gif)
Engrosser's
script - large (gif)
Three-eighths blue line (Adobe pdf file)
Three-eighths black line (Adobe pdf file)
Half-inch blue line (Adobe pdf file)
Half-inch black line (Adobe pdf file)
Five-eighths blue line (Adobe pdf file)
Five-eighths black line (Adobe pdf file)
Copperplate Practice Sheets by Bob Hurford
Foundational Guidesheet by Marian Gault
Madarasz
Spencerian Guidelines #1 by Ron Tate
(Adobe pdf file)
Madarasz
Spencerian Guidelines #2 by Ron Tate
(Adobe pdf file)
Madarasz
Guidesheet by Nilesh Chakraborty (Adobe pdf file)
55 degree
slant, linespacing from 3mm to 8mm - A4 size (Adobe pdf file)
55 degree
slant, linespacing from 3mm to 8mm - Letter size (Adobe pdf file)
Guidelines used in Dr. Vitolo's Engrossers script videos, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Make your own guidelines
Capital Letters on Guidelines, Dr. Joe Vitolo
Copperplate
Guidelines by Gabriel Pereira of
Enzo and Ziti
The Business Educator
This Zaner-Bloser publication dedicated
to penmanship and the pen arts began in 1895 and would undergo several name
changes over the next half century. These titles included (from earliest to
latest) 'The Zanerian Exponent', 'The Penman and Artist and Business Educator',
'The Business Educator' and finally 'The Educator'. Regular publication ended
1949; however, special editions were released well after 1949.
E.L. Brown Edition, The Educator, December 1953
E.A. Lupfer Edition, The Educator, October 1948
H.P. Behrensmeyer Edition, The Educator, June 1948
Louis Madarasz Edition, The Business Educator, February 1911
H.W. Flickinger Edition, The Business Educator, April 1924
Historical IAMPETH Publications
IAMPETH Newsletter 1988 Vol 4 No1, Celebrates the 100th Anniversary
of the Zaner-Bloser company
IAMPETH Newsletter 1985 Vol 18 No 4, Commemorates Paul O'Hara
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