Writing Roman Calligraphy Letters: Part 3

Video Transcript

"Now the L is that simple. Just don't pull this stroke at too far otherwise you are going to end up with that big gaping space. I sort of like it that there is an ever so slight slant outward with that first stroke on the M. Now I want to think in terms making sure this is a symmetrical letter. Bilaterally symmetrical. Just the way we are. Bilaterally symmetrical. I am comfortable with that. The N wants to have; this is going to be as fine line a stroke as that first stroke on the A. The N is not narrow. It's a one story letter. Tendency is to make it too narrow. Cross stoke or diagonal. They call that the diagonal. Think. Think. Okay. Two strokes for the O starting right about here. Thinking round. Thinking about the counter appearing. Creating the counter. Here's our join. It thickens and it thins and the join is a follow through. You want to follow through. The same way that you would follow through with a stroke in golf or in tennis or other things. Now I think of the P as relating to the F in that we got a bowl on top and nothing on the bottom. Remember I told you about how often leave a space right there. Think I will go and put the Q down here. Now, if you are really good, you are going to make the Q exactly like your O. Remember there is an axis. There is an axis you want to harmonize in all of your round strokes.I am going to let that tail, the tail of the Q, thats its distinguishing characteristic, minimal. I would go into that counter personally."