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P. 224. It is sometimes better to make narrow forms
than to combine wide ones—example fig. I.
’The large types—“Old Face”
Pp. 234—239. (founded on Caslon Type) and
Pp. 244-252.- “ Old French ” (modern) respectively
—are used in these pages as reference
or index letters (not as models).
P. 244. Generally round-shouldered letters have
finer and more stable forms than square¬
shouldered, and generally emphasis should
be laid on the strong, thick stroke running
obliquely down from left to right (\),
while the weak, thin stroke (/) is rather
to be avoided (see fig. m). The writing
used in the diagrams in this book, con¬
sidered as a formal hand, shews a little
too much of the thin stroke (see p. 421).
P. 288. Commonly letters are made more slender in
proportion as they are made larger, and
it is generally not desirable (or possible)
in practical work to have exactly similar
proportions in large and small lettering.
P. 289. g from fig. 173 inaccurate—comp. fig. 173
& see fig. n.
P. 295. Ornamental letters : see note to p. 174 above.
P. 417. A small writing is often the most practical
—in the matter of speed in reading and
less bulk in the MS., besides speed in
the writing of it—but it is more difficult
for the beginner to write it well and it
is apt to lose some of the virtues of formal
penmanship (see Fine-pen writing, pp. 25,
52, 275, 288,418).
P. 421. Oblique thin stroke: see note tö p. 244
above.
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Editor’s Preface v
Author’s Preface xi
Addenda Se Corrigenda xxi
PART I
WRITING & ILLUMINATING
CHAPTER I
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING ....
CHAPTER II
ACQUIRING A FORMAL HAND: (i) TOOLS
Acquiring a Formal Hand: Tools, See.—The Desk—
Paper & Ink—Pens: The Reed: The Quill—Of
Quills generally—Pen-knife, Cutting-slab, &c. . 14
CHAPTER III
ACQUIRING A FORMAL HAND: (2) METHODS
Position of the Desk—The Writing Level—Use of the
Pen—Holding the Pen—Filling the Pen, See. . 27
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