Completed my illuminated manuscript of Psalm 93 in time for Mother's Day!
I used a modern variation of the Beneventan hand, which was most widely used in southern Italy in the middle ages. The historical script had lots of ligatures, but those are hard for modern readers, so I didn't use any here. This is also the hand where our modern question mark originated.
I'm now officially deprecating Calligraphy (Couldn't do it yet, but should happen in the next few days). I don't consider it worth maintaining anymore.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to it, and to @omglinux for publishing an article on it the day after its release!
Un buen vino, un paseo, una buena conversación, un atardecer, un café con una amiga de toda la vida, tu canción favorita a todo volumen de vuelta a casa.
Esto puede curar casi cualquier herida.
Type and design nerds! I’m considering commissioning¹ a queer² lettering artist or typographer to set a slogan³ – link me to beautiful work!
(Boosts would be awesome, and feel free to recommend yourself!)
¹ I hope to crowdfund their fee
² My definition is incredibly broad; if the artist self-identifies as queer, that’s all I need
³ Probably in a hand-drawn way rather than using fonts, but I’m open; to be used on t-shirts/stickers
The Shintō shrine Jōnangū (城南宮) in Kyōto, was a palace of Emperors from the beginning of the #Heian Period in 794. It has #gardens from different periods since then, and a patch of pink and white #plum blossoms around a big stone lantern is a most stunning sight to behold. Several years ago the head priest showed me around and explained the history in Japanese. Jōnangū is not well known to tourists, but it draws many reverent Japanese.
The third photo is of a teahouse and a reddish variety of plum blossoms. The last photo shows what my American friend whom I guided got: a seal written in #calligraphy by the shrine maiden (o-miko-san). Jōnangū is written down the center, with yesterday's date down the left side. The right side is what the shrine especially offers: houyoke - a #prayer to avoid obstacles or worries, such as with one's family. There is a great demand for such #blessings nowadays.
Portland (Oregon) area calligraphers! We're fortunate to be one stop on Spanish calligrapher and tattoo artist Viktor Kams' West Coast tour this spring.
Join us March 2-3 for an in-person weekend workshop at the beautiful Grotto to explore his double-stroke Gothic script!
Workshop cost is $125 (plus $30 membership if you're not in the guild yet). Lunch and supplies are bring-your-own, supply list is at the link.
Quick update to users of #Calligraphy: I've hit an issue in a underlying library, PyGObject. It's fixed on their main branch, but I'll have to wait until they release a new version before I can continue development.
Anyone know a good short video that demonstrates through action the differences between calligraphy and lettering (at least as they are most often broadly defined – written vs. drawn)?
My normal cursive handwriting (in an especially thick pen), my blackletter hand and the serif hand I’m currently trying to get the hang of. Text is the first time Hayr meets his father’s least favorite wife in Glory in the Thunder