[Scriptoris] Leftie scribes (formerly Seeking Advice)

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Until Ari's is out, there's an ancient one (1979) by Vance Studley called
(duh!) "Left-Handed Calligraphy" and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Not too terrribly informative, but adequate and the rest is a compilation of
various historical hands and layout stuff.

Another is by (Am I really recommending a book by *her*?) Margaret Shepherd
called "Basics of Left-Handed Calligraphy" 1998, Prentice Hall Press, NY
which is more informative as to how, but one should ignore her letterforms.

Lete
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on 3/25/03 2:42 PM, Jocelyn Hinkle at scribe_ari at lycos.com wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:55:01
> Crystal Lamb wrote:
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>> And Serena is absolutely correct about marathon calliging.  When you
>> can't feel your hands, stop.   When you stop calliging, take the pen out
>> of your hands, and your fingers don't move, it's time to take a break.
>> LOL!!!
>>
>> ~Aslyn
>
> Yes, Calligrapher's claw is awful!!!!! and PAINFUL!!!!
> Those of us with arthritis can vouch for that one. I have been beaten about
> the head and hand by physical therapists for writing too long. WHen they found
> out that once one hand was out of commision I was a bad girl and switched to
> the other, I got beat up again.
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> Yes I have a list of all of the Instruction manuals I am supposed to be
> writing up, and one of them is Calligraphy for Southpaw's. I am still trying
> to figure out if I will be able to make Kings College in June. If I do make it
> I can teach lefty Gothic and Uncial.
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> Ari
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> between the stars, to dance up more
> life than your fragile ego can stand?
> Scribe_Ari at Lycos.com
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