What a fun and creative way to express what inspires you, I'll try it. The most important thing you said, to me, is your reference to handwritting dysmorphia-so often I hear people with perfectly legible, even pretty handwriting apologize for it. When someone hears I use fountain pens I'm so often asked if i do calligraphy and I respond, "no just my regular handwriting with great joy!"
I captured every page from the video that had interesting handwriting. This was fun, informative, and stimulated me to dig out an unused notebook that will turn into my handwriting journal. Have a fun weekend, Tim.
Got my preowned Boheme today. I love it and it will definitely help me improve my cursive by simply picking up the pen! Great ideas. My handwriting sampler went by the wayside a while back. I think I will have to revisit it now.
This was a phenomenal video!!! I am really into handwriting and the study of the history of writing and writing instruments. Thank you so much for do this.
Thanks so much for this great idea! I've been concentrating on imitating the D’Nealian Handwriting style. Your style and the famous people you copy have more character.
Such a great idea to use historical letters as handwriting inspiration! Love it! Btw, the Oscar Wilde letter is addressed to Bram Stoker and the first sentence reads: "I'm anxious to accompany your friends to the Lyceum tonight." -- The Lyceum was the theatre where Stoker worked.
I love every bit of this! Growing up, I used to pick elements from my classmates’ handwriting to incorporate in my own hand. I will look for that book (The Magic of Handwriting), it seems fascinating!
Great episode. I found myself writing along with you. Thanks for highlighting Ada Lovelace. She is one of my heroines. I like your idea of taking interesting individual letters and making them part of your handwriting. I took almost an hour to watch this as I kept going down multiple rabbit holes researching things like when was the first metal nib produced. (Apparently Ancient Egypt, but they were not very good). "Even if it looks like a read out from an EKG" made me laugh."
Greetings from Australia. A very interesting video. Brilliant work, Hemmingway. In the age of computers, handwriting is becoming a lost art. I believe that some members of the younger generation just won't make the effort to communicate in a meaningful way. We are living in this social vacuum where a meaningful post will be answered with a banal smile emoji! I teach classical piano, and I use my fountain pens in endorsing the piano diaries of my students. They are well aware of my pens, and I have penabled a few of them. They probably think that I'm an eccentric, but who cares. Thanks for your video. I will be purchasing that handwriting book for my own library.
Yes! I’ve started doing something similar in around 6th grade. Here in Germany cursive writing and fountain pens were, and I think still are, mandatory to use until 10th grade when people can switch to ballpoints/printing if they want. I might be wrong about the current situation, but children at least still start out with cursive and fountain pens, usually Lamy Safari or similar. Still have mine! If you want, I could send you the old German Sütterlin/Kurrent alphabet. It was in use until around 1938, when it got banned. It’s beautiful and both familiar and very different at the same time compared to modern systems. There’s also a great book about it with writing excerpts similar to the book you’ve shown, called „Deutsche Schreibschrift“ by Harald Süß. It was never translated to English, I think, but if you want some photos, I’d be glad to help. I incorporated a few of the letters into my day to day writing style, as well. Thank you for the great video!
Im def going to create a "script" library like you did!! Awesome idea! We could also use it for ideas of copperplate like that "I" you showed. I use the Midori journal system I think im going to dedicate a whole insert to one. lol
I now know what I am going to do with that Ouroboros Onion Skin Journal I got from Vanessa Root. Great idea for a video, certainly a way to keep inspired. Thanks HJ! Hope you, your family and your viewers all have the happiest of holidays!
I’ve been practicing my cursive writing techniques since January 2024 and I still don’t have a definitive capital letter ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘I’, or ‘X’ that “flows.” Any advice for reference books, download pdf’s, for different types of scripts, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Hey! I used the Spencerian Handwriting book. It was used back in the 1900s how everyone learned. Those are fun letters but once you learn how to write them as theyre supposed to be then you can add your own style. But dont worry its so easy to learn! Def recommend that book as it expresses how to write and make sure theyre all in angle and uniform.
I have a folder on my phone with photos of examples. I find I am not able to accurately capture some of the letters myself but need to save and then and practice.
Interesting idea to actively try to emulate the style of historical writers. While I guess everyone picks up some stylistic influences from seeing other peoples' handwriting, this is a nicely structured way to get to the handwriting that you actually like. It's not all that easy to actually figure out the handwriting of some famous people --- while in the past one wrote a lot more by hand, that doesn't mean it was any more legible than the scribbles we tend to produce nowadays :-)
If one uses the same writing tool to make a big initial on a page, rather than emulating the historiated majuscules of illuminated manuscripts, the weight of the strokes in the letter are comparatively weaker that the strokes of the letters in the text. As the size of the letter is increased, the strokes' width must also.
It must be so hard living by so many rules. Refine your aesthetic and your own personality to develop your own style. There is beauty in so many different forms.
@@HemingwayJones Of course, one can ignore the criteria for competent, personal penmanship that communicates to others if one's objective is to please oneself alone. "Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom." John F Kennedy
Painstakingly and inconsistently mimicking selective aspects of various handwritings may not be not the best way to improve one's own. Rather, strive to achieve an unself-conscious legibility that is characterized by internal harmony in form, slant, proportion, and spacing. "Letters possess gracefulness, not when they have been written with listlessness and haste, nor with toil and diligence, but with heart and soul." Giambattista Bodoni
What a fun and creative way to express what inspires you, I'll try it. The most important thing you said, to me, is your reference to handwritting dysmorphia-so often I hear people with perfectly legible, even pretty handwriting apologize for it. When someone hears I use fountain pens I'm so often asked if i do calligraphy and I respond, "no just my regular handwriting with great joy!"
It's exactly what I did to learn how to write and I think it's the best way to do it ! Cool that you talk about it :)
I love it!
I captured every page from the video that had interesting handwriting. This was fun, informative, and stimulated me to dig out an unused notebook that will turn into my handwriting journal. Have a fun weekend, Tim.
I’m glad you’re inspired! Have a great weekend.
Got my preowned Boheme today. I love it and it will definitely help me improve my cursive by simply picking up the pen! Great ideas. My handwriting sampler went by the wayside a while back. I think I will have to revisit it now.
Congratulations! You know I adore that pen!
I love your enthusiasm for cursive handwriting !
Thank you!
This was so fun!
Thank you!
Thanks, HJ! That's a great idea. I think I'll start a cursive handwriting library journal. Yall have a Happy New Year!
Thank you! You too!
This was a phenomenal video!!! I am really into handwriting and the study of the history of writing and writing instruments. Thank you so much for do this.
Thank you! I’m glad you found some inspiration here.
Thanks so much for this great idea! I've been concentrating on imitating the D’Nealian Handwriting style. Your style and the famous people you copy have more character.
Thanks very much! Enjoy!
Such a great idea to use historical letters as handwriting inspiration! Love it!
Btw, the Oscar Wilde letter is addressed to Bram Stoker and the first sentence reads: "I'm anxious to accompany your friends to the Lyceum tonight." -- The Lyceum was the theatre where Stoker worked.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you found some inspiration here.
I love every bit of this! Growing up, I used to pick elements from my classmates’ handwriting to incorporate in my own hand. I will look for that book (The Magic of Handwriting), it seems fascinating!
Thank you very much!
Great episode. I found myself writing along with you. Thanks for highlighting Ada Lovelace. She is one of my heroines. I like your idea of taking interesting individual letters and making them part of your handwriting. I took almost an hour to watch this as I kept going down multiple rabbit holes researching things like when was the first metal nib produced. (Apparently Ancient Egypt, but they were not very good).
"Even if it looks like a read out from an EKG" made me laugh."
Awesome idea!
Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it!
Very fun. Thanks!
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Greetings from Australia.
A very interesting video. Brilliant work, Hemmingway.
In the age of computers, handwriting is becoming a lost art.
I believe that some members of the younger generation just won't make the effort to communicate in a meaningful way. We are living in this social vacuum where a meaningful post will be answered with a banal smile emoji!
I teach classical piano, and I use my fountain pens in endorsing the piano diaries of my students. They are well aware of my pens, and I have penabled a few of them. They probably think that I'm an eccentric, but who cares.
Thanks for your video. I will be purchasing that handwriting book for my own library.
Thanks so much for your kind words! It's nice to hear that others are enjoying their fountain pens in the same way. Thanks for watching.
Yes! I’ve started doing something similar in around 6th grade. Here in Germany cursive writing and fountain pens were, and I think still are, mandatory to use until 10th grade when people can switch to ballpoints/printing if they want. I might be wrong about the current situation, but children at least still start out with cursive and fountain pens, usually Lamy Safari or similar. Still have mine!
If you want, I could send you the old German Sütterlin/Kurrent alphabet. It was in use until around 1938, when it got banned. It’s beautiful and both familiar and very different at the same time compared to modern systems.
There’s also a great book about it with writing excerpts similar to the book you’ve shown, called „Deutsche Schreibschrift“ by Harald Süß. It was never translated to English, I think, but if you want some photos, I’d be glad to help.
I incorporated a few of the letters into my day to day writing style, as well.
Thank you for the great video!
Im def going to create a "script" library like you did!! Awesome idea! We could also use it for ideas of copperplate like that "I" you showed. I use the Midori journal system I think im going to dedicate a whole insert to one. lol
I’m glad you liked the idea!
Interesting! I will consider…thanks.
Just sent my brother Conrad’s ‘Mirror of the Sea’ and a Sheaffer Coffee Edition Rollerball to underline the hell out of it - he loves both.
Very Nice!
I now know what I am going to do with that Ouroboros Onion Skin Journal I got from Vanessa Root. Great idea for a video, certainly a way to keep inspired. Thanks HJ! Hope you, your family and your viewers all have the happiest of holidays!
Thank you! I wish you all the best as well. Happy Holidays and all the best!
I’ve been practicing my cursive writing techniques since January 2024 and I still don’t have a definitive capital letter ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘I’, or ‘X’ that “flows.”
Any advice for reference books, download pdf’s, for different types of scripts, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Hey! I used the Spencerian Handwriting book. It was used back in the 1900s how everyone learned. Those are fun letters but once you learn how to write them as theyre supposed to be then you can add your own style. But dont worry its so easy to learn! Def recommend that book as it expresses how to write and make sure theyre all in angle and uniform.
Imagine now this beautiful aspect of civilised communication being banned from schools.
That would be terrible. Thanks My Friend!
@@HemingwayJoneswhat is the title of your book of letters? I’d like to read the ones from mathematicians and scientists…
I have a folder on my phone with photos of examples. I find I am not able to accurately capture some of the letters myself but need to save and then and practice.
Excellent way to approach it. All the best and thanks for watching.
Happy Boxing Day Hem! Thanks for putting out the video!
You are most welcome! I hope you had a great holiday.
Great video! What Shakespeare book is that at the end of your shelf?? It's too blury for me to make out the author or title/subtitle.
Interesting idea to actively try to emulate the style of historical writers. While I guess everyone picks up some stylistic influences from seeing other peoples' handwriting, this is a nicely structured way to get to the handwriting that you actually like. It's not all that easy to actually figure out the handwriting of some famous people --- while in the past one wrote a lot more by hand, that doesn't mean it was any more legible than the scribbles we tend to produce nowadays :-)
Well said!
If one uses the same writing tool to make a big initial on a page, rather than emulating the historiated majuscules of illuminated manuscripts, the weight of the strokes in the letter are comparatively weaker that the strokes of the letters in the text. As the size of the letter is increased, the strokes' width must also.
It must be so hard living by so many rules. Refine your aesthetic and your own personality to develop your own style. There is beauty in so many different forms.
@@HemingwayJones
Of course, one can ignore the criteria for competent, personal penmanship that communicates to others if one's objective is to please oneself alone.
"Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom." John F Kennedy
Painstakingly and inconsistently mimicking selective aspects of various handwritings may not be not the best way to improve one's own. Rather, strive to achieve an unself-conscious legibility that is characterized by internal harmony in form, slant, proportion, and spacing.
"Letters possess gracefulness, not when they have been written with listlessness and haste, nor with toil and diligence, but with heart and soul."
Giambattista Bodoni
It’s great for inspiration. You should try it. It’s also super fun. It’s all about inspiration!
@@HemingwayJones
It's largely about aesthetic sensibility - stylistic compatibility among letterforms.
Not to me. It’s all about developing personality. You should look into that.
Very fun. Thanks!
Thank you!