/r/Scribes

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A place for calligraphers to engage with others in an atmosphere fostering constructive critique, sharing of ideas and techniques, and showcases of excellent artwork.

About /r/Scribes!

This subreddit is a place for calligraphers to engage with others in an atmosphere fostering constructive critique, sharing of ideas and techniques, and showcases of excellent artwork.

Share and discuss the topics of:

  • Paleography
  • Calligraphy
  • Penmanship
  • Engrossing
  • Lettering arts
  • Illumination

Submitting Links

Encouraged

  • Informative & on-topic high-quality images, articles, and videos
  • High-resolution images of your own calligraphic artwork
  • Thoughtful abstract comments alongside your submissions
  • Including your references and exemplars
  • Declaring if you're interested in Constructive Critique

Discouraged

  • Sensationalist media, ASMR, and clickbait titles
  • Blogspam or social media links
  • Advertising or commercial projects
  • Stealing artwork
  • Shortened links

Submitting Text-Posts

Encouraged

  • Thoughtful compositions of interesting topics with appropriate citations and examples to start the conversation

Discouraged

  • Soliciting work from the community. (Use PM, instead)

Commenting

Encouraged

  • On topic comments that convey meaningful information
  • Backing up historical claims with appropriate exemplar links

Discouraged

  • Low-effort/short comments
  • Non-historical comments based on anecdote
  • Image-only comments
  • Memes/off-topic jokes/circle-jerk/trolling/insults

Related Subreddits

/r/Handwriting


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Special thanks (and credits) to /u/arqaissa for the new, flamboyant Scribes logo.

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Quote of the Week: November 29, 2024 - December 05, 2024

It's all beautiful and nothing lasts.

- John Scalzi

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2024/11/28
20:20 UTC

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Cancelleresca

Please, help me to improve!!

9 Comments
2024/11/24
12:07 UTC

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Quote of the Week: November 22, 2024 - November 28, 2024

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

- John F. Kennedy

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2024/11/21
22:46 UTC

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Quote of the Week: November 15, 2024 - November 21, 2024

Put something silly in the world
That ain't been there before.

- Shel Silverstein

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2024/11/14
20:07 UTC

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Quote of the Week: November 08, 2024 - November 14, 2024

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.

- Thomas Jefferson

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2024/11/07
20:06 UTC

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Quote of the Week: November 01, 2024 - November 07, 2024

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked....

- Allen Ginsberg

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2024/10/31
20:08 UTC

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Quote of the Week: October 25, 2024 - October 31, 2024

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

- Plato

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2024/10/24
20:13 UTC

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Quote of the Week: October 18, 2024 - October 24, 2024

I aim to misbehave.


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2024/10/17
23:02 UTC

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Quote of the week

2.2 mm Kaweco. 5mm dot grid. Leuchtturm 120 g paper.

2 Comments
2024/10/13
16:30 UTC

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Quote of the Week: October 11, 2024 - October 17, 2024

In the ways of Nature, there is no evil to be found.


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2024/10/10
20:22 UTC

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Happy Halloween

Dreaming Dogs ruling pen work

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2024/10/06
00:51 UTC

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Quote of the Week: October 04, 2024 - October 10, 2024

Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.


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2024/10/03
20:07 UTC

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Quote of the Week: September 27, 2024 - October 03, 2024

Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens.


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2024/09/26
20:28 UTC

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Quote of the Week: September 20, 2024 - September 26, 2024

We're all stories in the end.


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2024/09/19
20:03 UTC

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Resources for older Latin Scripts? Roman Cursive, Rustic Capitals, etc.

Recently I've been looking at the evolution of various Latin scripts. (Actually I was trying to piece together where the various 's'-es came from, like the mid-size 'r' shaped s from Carolingian minuscule)

I just came across this timeline that puts may of them together pretty well.

https://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/arete/en

From a calligraphy standpoint, I'm curious about learning resources. I think it would be very interesting to have at least a passing ability to write most of them.

I've spent some time with Italic, both "modern" and from Arrighi and Cataneo. There seems to be a lot of resources for Italic, and a fair amount for various Gothic/Blackletter scripts.

Specifically I'm interested in:

  • Rustic Capitals
  • Roman Cursive (old and new)
  • Uncials (full and half)
  • Carolingian Minuscule
  • Bastarda

I've seen a few things on each of those, though not a lot. Are there any good comprehensive sources? Ideally something that includes stroke order, several examples, and letter variants [in context].

Online is preferable, or PDFs/papers, but books are ok too.

Some of the resources I have found so far. Mostly focused on reading, not writing:

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2024/09/17
20:12 UTC

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Quote of the Week: September 13, 2024 - September 19, 2024

I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.


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2024/09/12
20:04 UTC

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Quote of the Week: September 06, 2024 - September 12, 2024

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.


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2024/09/05
20:00 UTC

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Question about Arches Text Wove paper.

Hi guys, Trying to get hold of Arches Text Wove paper. I live in Finland. After an extensive search it seems that it is not available in the whole of Europe. Trying to source from US e.g. Amazon, John Neal) but I get "This product cannot be delivered to Finland". What's the problem?

Maybe someone could suggest a calligraphy paper of similar properties and available in Europe?

Juha

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2024/08/29
20:32 UTC

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Quote of the Week: August 30, 2024 - September 05, 2024

Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable.


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2024/08/29
20:07 UTC

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Quote of the Week: August 23, 2024 - August 29, 2024

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.


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2024/08/23
01:30 UTC

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Quote of the Week: August 16, 2024 - August 22, 2024

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub Bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!


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1 Comment
2024/08/16
01:04 UTC

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