[Scriptoris] Using that printable graph paper

[Elaine]

Hillary, you are a wonder and a blessing of helpful sites. Thank you,  
my friend.

Now, for using her gift sites:
To find what size to set your grid. make a horizontal line and  
intersect it with a vertical line.
Take your pen nib and position it along the vertical line with the  
lowest corner tipping the
horizontal line so you can make a vertical "zipper" as a reference  
for your guidelines.
Angled "stairsteps" can distort the measurements.

If, for instance, the hand (mka "font") you are using has a descender  
length of 2 nib widths,
and a body height of 4 nib widths, and an ascender height of 3 nib  
widths, you will have
a total of 9 left and right alternating strokes as "teeth" in your  
vertical zipper.

Run horizontal lines to mark the spacing of the bottom of the  
descender, the bottom of
the body, and the top of the body and the top of the ascender  
("2-4-3"). That will set
the space needed for a line of text. Caps are usually just short of  
the ascender's top.

Nothing looks more amateurish than too big a pen width on too small  
of a set of
gridlines, or vice versa. Think of your recipient, take your time,  
and do your best.

As a further hint, when you print the grids, use the thinnest paper  
your computer can handle.

Tape the grid onto a light table or a glass-topped table with a lamp  
shining up under it.

Position the BACK SIDE of the "good" paper face up on the grid and  
LIGHTLY
pencil in  4 L-shapes to set the margin edge as guidelines when it is  
turned over.

If you use "removeable" scotch tape, be sure to fold a bit under and  
use that on
the non-grid-sheet-end of the tape. That way, you pull the tape off  
from the inside to the outside.
Voila! No splitting of the "good" paper's edges.

If the work schedule is for what we oldtimers called "drive-by  
calligraphy",
pencil the guide markers  lightly on the back side of the "good"  
paper, Turn the "good" paper
over on the light table so you can see the grid shine through it.
Voila! No lines to erase on the top side and no possible smearing by  
the eraser.

Always use a coversheet under your hands so you won't get body oils  
from your hands
onto the "good" paper. If oil gets on the paper as you move down, the  
ink may "resist"
or feather as you progress down the page.

If the "good" paper is bulgy in places, you may want to use a NON- 
painted brush
handle to hold it flatter, so you won't have to fight variances when  
you scribe with
the other hand.

If you really want to customize your lettering and get really nit- 
picky (which I did),
keep in mind:  mechanical spacing between horizontal lines of letters  
looks odd
when some interlinear spaces have lots of descenders and ascenders,  
but the
next interlinear space has none and looks too "open," You may have to
"scrunch" the open space a bit closer to give the piece a visual  
evenness.

On the other hand, if there are a lot of "open space" interlinears,
you may have to move the filled-up interlinear a bit farther apart to  
make it look right.

Does anyone want to know about "flush left/right" margins? How about  
spacing tricks
for between letters? I have solutions for that, too. Plus, good  
calligraphers are familiar
with what the mundane printer's trade calls "rivers of white" and  
"orphan" lettering.

YIS,
HL Lete Bithespring, Steppes

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On Jun 1, 2013, at 6:36 PM, Hillary Greenslade wrote:

> To add to that:   (posted before, but for those newbies)
> More freebie graph paper:
> http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/
>
> And a Liner page calculator:
> http://www.scribblers.co.uk/cgi-bin/perl/gridlines.pl
>
> Enjoy, Hillary
>
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> Subject: [Ansteorra] Scribes --- printable graph paper
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> Forwarding, Hillary
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> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 06:48:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kristi Johnson <kristi_johnson1972 at att.net>
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Ansteorra] Scribes --- printable graph paper
>
> I found a link to printable graph paper in multiple sizes.  Thought  
> ya'll would like it.
>
> http://www.printablepaper.net/category/graph
>
> Other types of paper formats like music
>  paper or check register paper and many more are available too.
> Thora O.
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