Lessons

The differences in these images clearly show there is hope for anyone willing to put forth the effort to learn script.

External link: Learn Engrosser’s script (Copperplate) from OE Hovis, one of the most versatile penman who ever lived. These are scans of lessons from an old Business Educator magazine.

External link: Learn Engrosser’s script (Copperplate) from Joseph Galterio. The instructional pages were taken from Palmer’s Penmanship Budget published in 1919.

Image: an illustration of different techniques.

External link: While there is a common perception that fountain pens are problematic for left-handers, the truth is that lefties love fountain pens.

Clear, legible writing is vital to ensure the other person receives the correct information. Children must be taught to write clearly and comfortably in order to carry that skill throughout life.

External link: Learn Engrosser’s script (Copperplate) from the person who created the instructional pages in the Zanerian Manual, EA Lupfer.

External link: Learn Engrosser’s script (Copperplate) from EL Brown, one of the most versatile penman who ever lived. These are scans of lessons from an old American Penman magazine.

This seventh installment marks the first lesson covering the uppercase letters. Grouping of the capital letters presents a greater challenge than does the lowercase letters.

In lesson three we will begin with the Group I lower case letterforms. It was my desire to make these lessons visually oriented. I designed the exemplars with this idea in mind.

In this installment we will examine the lower case Group 2 letterforms shown in Figure 1. Let us begin with the Group 2A forms.

In this chapter we will continue our examination of the lower case letterforms, specifically the Group III forms.

In this installment we will examination the last group of lower case letterforms (Figure 1).

In this article I will examine the fundamental strokes that make up the lower case letterforms in Engrosser's script (Figure 1).

This will be the first installment in a series of instructional articles on Engrosser's script.

This is a huge category for nibs, easily the largest of any writing discipline.

by Brian G. Walker I thank Nan and others for the positive comments re my ink, appreciated, but Nan's remark -- 

Roundhand has been in use for a number of centuries and today the bulk of the engrossing business is done in this style.

This article will address setting the angle and stabilizing the flange on the removable flange type holders, specifically, the Tysdal oblique penholder.

In this article we will examine the various styles of pointed pen script and the sometimes confusing terminology that apply.