Video: Writing Roman Calligraphy Letters: Part 2

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This review of Roman calligraphy letters shows you exactly how to create your letters. Learn a bit about it from a calligraphy expert in this free video clip.out it from a calligraphy expert in this free video clip.

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Minim stroke adding crossbar, this is a two story letter. Slightly above center or a crossbar. Gives it that sense of weight on the bottom. F is going to be a little bit wider than the E, crossbar's going to be lower to fill in that empty space a little bit. G starts out like the C, getting all these harmonies. See the harmonies starting to evolve? It's a rounded form. And what you're doing is you're imagining. This is called the beard. I'm going to see if I can fit the H in here. H is two minim strokes. Now the H is a two story letter, so it's not going to be too wide. And again, let that crossbar come slightly below, above center, rather, so it looks a little heavier on the bottom. The minim stroke is the capital I. It's one stroke. You can spend a lot of time just practicing that. The J is a letter that actually evolved out of the I. So we're just going to give it this little distinguishing characteristic which is like a tail. That's enough to say I'm a J and not an I. And here's the K. K's open at the top. That is a distinguishing characteristic. Its major distinguishing characteristic. And we want to make this stroke come out a little bit further than here, giving that enough space to have this one looking like it's heavier on the bottom.

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Writing Roman Calligraphy Letters: Part 2

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