Never have I felt so in tune with the scribes of history now I have sore cracks in my writer’s callus.

https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2016/08/29/medieval-scribes-complaints

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Hey folks!

First of all, I find so much of everybody's work here absolutely incredible and inspiring. I have a question I hope some people could provide me with some recommendations on. First, here's a little bit of context.

I am a complete beginner to calligraphy. However, I also have ADHD which makes me impulsively jump into a new hyperfixation with both feet and a dream. I'm in Canada and there's a post office strike happening right now so letters from Santa are going to be delayed this year. My son is 4 and it's the first year he's truly excited for Christmas and I've never seen him so thrilled. He's writing a letter to Santa and I want the first letter he gets back to be really special for him.

SO, I've decided to write the letter myself to ensure he gets it on time and it's an amazing experience for him. I've recently purchased a Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8mm and a Strathmore 300 Series sketchpad - both from recommendations in this sub, so thank you all very much.

My questions are:

1. Which script style might you recommend that would be a good fit for a Christmas letter and is relatively easy for a beginner. Or rather than easy, not something I would need to be a master of calligraphy to do well lol

2. For the scripts you recommend, do you have any crash course practice methods you would recommend?

I know this is a bit of a weird request and I appreciate all of you that take the time to read and/or respond with your thoughts and advice.

THANK YOU!

小羊楷書～百家姓之二十一（伍余元卜）

Im not gifted with being able to draw, But I certainly try. Any good?

This was posted from my TikTok, sorry about the watermark

I need the word حكايا in square Kufic

Recommend a good calligraphy pen that's available in India in under 1-2k inr.

Carpe diem

小羊楷書～百家姓之二十（皮卞齊康）

Working on a yule gift for my father

My plan is to begin writing my italic script this size. Because when I see it done with smaller letterings on pages. I love it and Im shooting for that effect.

G'day,

I've been doing calligraphy with European and Eastern style styluses and brushes for a number of years now recreationally for about 2 or 3 years now.

Two things that I've had difficulty located as far as resources are is a paper medium that is thick enough that ink won't bleed through. A friend suggested watercolor paper but I want to see what's out there

Currently I'm using undyed lokta paper and I started experimenting with papyrus sheets.

I'm also having trouble finding inks with that right thickness to them with Sumi ink I can just keep grinding the stick down till the ink is as thick as I wanted three but with regular calligraphy ink I am not aware of any products that would help thicken them or inks that come thickened.

any advice?

I’m awful at calligraphy, and my handwriting is horrendous, but im having a ton of fun with this gothic style. Once I’m happy with it, I’ll probably turn it into a digital font!

gold ink is a challenge!

This is me experimenting with my new bottle of Diamine’s Writer’s Blood. I used my frankenpen (Majohn C4 + 3.0 mm Parallel Pen) on Rhodia paper. The script is Fraktur. Yipeeeee!

How much flex and bend are you supposed to put on your nibs while writing round hand?

Obviously to get the contrasting widths of letters you have to apply some flex, but when you transition out of the wide stroke, do people simply raise their hand farther from the paper, or is the tension relieved more through the curve of the line, with your hand staying equidistant from the page throughout?

My in-laws are in town and we are doing Christmas with them early this year. My wife told me last minute that she wanted to include a note for my sister-in-law, since we were giving cash towards a larger purchase, so I whipped this together. For about five minutes of free-handing (I didn’t have time to set up rulings), I’m pretty proud of how this turned out.

I'm a begginer and have been using practice sheets but I feel like my improvement has stalled for three months and don't know what to do. I also can't really use a Pointed Pen, so I'm looking for different ways of practicing it. Any adivice on how to overcome that?