Video: Calligraphy in Southern Gothic

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In Gothic form of calligraphy, there are much more rounded shapes. Learn about the Southern Gothic style in calligraphy with this free handwriting video from a calligrapher.

- Calligraphy in Southern Gothic

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Alright, now I'm going to give you the Southern Gothic. And, again, forgive me but what I have to show you is a very generic Southern Gothic. This is the back cover of the Visconti Hours Manuscript. An exceedingly lavish manuscript. And, if you can see up very, very carefully, what you're going to notice is, in these Gothic forms, there are some slightly more rounded shapes than in the form that I just showed you. These are versals. There's a lot of gold in this manuscript. This is a D. See that rounded D? That uncial D? Okay, let me show you what these letters look like. Not that much different, but, yeah, there are character changes and you want to be aware of these and you want to be consistent. Very important to be consistent. So, rounded, softened here, still Gothic. (Demo) A little bit of a softer thing here, little bit more rounded here. Little softer turn, here, a little bit more rounded. Softer. (Demo) You can do this if you want. There's certainly a lot of different ways to do the F. The G is, you can, it's just like the A all the way up until, all the way up until here. This is rounded. H. Rounded. Uncial influence. Alright, and I'm just going to go to the I. It's just a little bit of a softer feel. And, of course.

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Calligraphy in Southern Gothic

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