The Calligraphy Alphabet Book of Capitalis Rustica

This calligraphy script was most often used between the between the 4th and 6th century. After the 5th century, rustic capitals began to fall out of use, but they continued to be used as a display script in titles and headings, along with uncial as the script of the main text.

Structure:
Rustic capitals are similar to Roman square capitals, but are less rigid, and they are more influenced by pen and ink writing on papyrus or parchment than the writing used for inscriptions. The letters are rather thin and are more compressed, they use many more curved lines than the square capitals, and they often have descenders extending below the baseline.

Calligraphy is fine writing - a way to arrange beautiful letters into a harmonious whole.

This can be done with different types of calligraphy pens (broad markers, in dip pens, fountain pens and felt-tip pens), ink and paper.
Once you get the feeling for it the calligraphy can be applied in many ways, your hand lettering skills will amaze everybody!

For instance: you can make your own personalized Christmas and New Year cards, menus, diplomas, invitations etc.
You are only limited by your own imagination!

Anyone who is interested in beautiful Calligraphy (Capitalis Rustica) letters can discover step by step that they can also write those beautiful letters themselves, with the help of these instructions and practice pages.

This calligraphy workbook will show you the correct way to make every letter of the alphabet in the Capitalis Rustica style, then you can trace the letters to get the feeling, and it gives you the room to practice freehand on the same page.
A Minimalistic, and no-nonsense calligraphy workbook for kids and adults.

The most important quality of a beginning calligrapher is not talent but patience. Patience to keep practicing!

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