Calligraphy Tips: Writing Letters H,I, & J

Video Transcript

"Whole arm, I'm using my whole arm. Okay, don't these look a lot alike? Watch; now we have an "H", now we have an "I", now we have a "J". "H" is a two story letter, so it's going to- you're going to imagine that there's a slightly larger circle on the bottom, slightly smaller circle on top, or actually two circles (excuse me) but the crossbar on the "H" is going to go above center slightly for that same reason, that very same reason, which is that you want the bottom part of the letter to look a little bit heavier in weight, therefore giving it spaces minim stroke, minim stroke, minim stroke, absolutely minim stroke, the one basic stroke of the alphabet. Here's our capital "I"."