Interestingly, I read, that due to the design decisions made when I was designing the letters for my recent book, it appears that I might have run into a 'brick wall'............? In case anyone fears for my safety, I would like to assure those who may be interested that is simply not the case. Far be it for me to set myself up as an oracle of all things calligraphic*, but I shall set the record straight with regard to my design choices. I was first taught to write in a style generally known as 'cursive', more years ago than I would care to think about, and it is this style that I simply 'trued' up for the book. I have since identified the style in Letraset's Graphic Design Handbook as Cloister Cursive which can be found on page 1.62. Further perusal of any graphic/calligraphic book will offer any number of ways of producing a recognisable letter 'T'........plenty of left and right curl choices, many with no curls or angles at all, some where only the merest hint of a conventional 'T' is suggested. As with any design or artwork, if the idea is communicated in the manner intended, then there is no right or wrong. Whatever is the problem then, with the curl on the letter 'T'??? My advice? A large Gin and Tonic, with ice and lemon...........! Sandi. *An aside that may be of some amusement, since it causes no end of amusement to friends and family and anyone unfortunate enough to receive anything handwritten from me.........my writing is best described as being 'totally illegible' to all but me - this is a vicious lie.....even I can't always read it........ .........following on from my childish but legible cursive handwriting, I changed schools. After six months or so, the new school's headmistress became enamoured by the fashionable new style of writing......'Italic'. She insisted that the whole school would thenceforth write in the new style regardless of whether their handwriting was good, bad or indifferent.......or even if they were right or left-handed. (Note the last phrase there! The part about being 'left'-handed.) Our lunatic Headmistress hadn't even considered there might be a problem for left-handers, but she had considered that our 'normal' fountain pens wouldn't be suitable for the new 'Italic' style........so we were issued with 'dip' pens and inkwells in desks were duly filled (this really does show my age here - if anyone isn't following this, either ask an ageing relative or visit a museum!). How kind and thoughtful one might be given to think, that she even provided us with the tools for the job, but just not quite thoughtful enough. Of course, all the pen nibs were for right-handed people - there simply weren't any for the odd left handers (no-one had realised there was a difference!). I think there could have been no more than a handful of we, the 'odd' ones in the whole school! Consequently when I tried to write with the right-handed nib, using my left hand, the paper became a shredded artform besplattered with ink - I became a non-shredded artform besplattered with ink. Many parental/teacher discussions followed........and after quite some time I was given a left-handed Italic fountain pen, but by then my 'Left-handed Italic/Cursive/Get the Work Written Somehow' style, developed out of sheer desperation, had taken over............. The moral of the story? Never underestimate the lunacy of people with power!
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