carinealders, (edited ) to calligraphy Dutch
@carinealders@mastodon.green avatar

Update: Problem solved! It reads: Es freut mich, daß Sie bis heute schon so große Erfolge erringen konnten. So wünsche ich Ihnen auch für Ferneres recht große weitere Erfolge. Nachdem die jüdische Musik doch bald ganz eingedämmt ist, wird für unsere deutschen Künstler wieder eine bessere Zeit kommen.

Dear German colleagues of ! Can any one of you transcribe this passage from a letter of 1933?
" @historikerinnen @histodons

chris, to calligraphy
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca avatar

Are there any handwriting experts out there? (Please Boost for Reach)

I'm trying to confirm the name written here on the top line. I won't say what I think it is so as not to influence other’s answers.

It is written in a Spanish document. Thank you for any help!

scruss, to calligraphy
@scruss@xoxo.zone avatar

In 1974, ANSI published the Standard character set for handprinting (ANSI X3.45-1974). It proposed a uniform method of acceptable to optical character recognition technology of the day. It included only upper case letters.

It had some quirks: letter O has a tail at the top, like Q rotated 90 degrees. S has a little tail at the bottom left. U has a square base. Z has a full-width bar at mid level.

I wonder if anyone ever used it?

paradoxmo, to fountainpens
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar

Handwriting practice while watching TV. Guess what I was watching


paradoxmo, (edited ) to calligraphy
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar
politicscurator, to india

Is this signature written by hand directly onto the book, or is it a printed version of a handwritten signature? I want it to be the former, but my colleague thinks it's the latter.

It's of Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature

#SouthAsia #Bengali #Bengal #Rabindranath #India #poetry #poet #archives #histodon #handwriting #Tagore #libraries #history #books @histodons

paradoxmo, (edited ) to calligraphy
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar

My and story, in response to @MsHearthWitch and other folks who have asked:

As a kid I learned Zaner-Bloser cursive teaching script[1] in U.S. elementary school and then proceeded to never use it again. (Ballpoint and pencil just aren’t really suited for cursive.) I switched permanently to print, then oblique italic in early adulthood, which is still my daily handwriting.

1/

[1] Overview of U.S. teaching scripts: https://www.howjoyful.com/lettering-cursive/

paradoxmo, (edited ) to random
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar

1.9 stub writing sample for @moss

: Al-Star black-purple, 1.9 stub
: Lamy Vibrant Pink (no shimmer version)
Paper: Endless Regalia notepad

publicvoit, to foss
@publicvoit@graz.social avatar

Today I bought my first since decades and it shall be one of my daily drivers from now on.

It's a stainless steel fine.

However, due to my advanced processes, I rarely write things down on .

I'd love to do so much more if there would be a great solution for offline . That would be a great investment by the industry! 🤔

It still offers better solutions compared to my tablet.

My Faber Castell pencil, my Fisher space pen and the Lilliput by Kaweco. The latter two are for being available through my trousers pockets while being away from my computer. I use the pencil for short term notes captured on paper.

AustinB, to Law
@AustinB@esq.social avatar

Hello Friends, I need a little help reading a handwritten memo that I can't quite make out. I'll probably feel dumb if someone else can read it, but If anyone can decipher the parts I'm missing...

politicscurator, to calligraphy
@politicscurator@kolektiva.social avatar

Handwriting help. Can anyone make out this person's name?

[It's from a phrenological report of George Lansbury MP (!)]

@histodons

penfount, to calligraphy
@penfount@penfount.social avatar

of the day:
In an increasingly digital world, what do you feel is the value in writing with a (or in general)?

mostlycloudyone, to calligraphy

My little collection. I find so much peace when I focus on writing. My has improved quite a bit in the last couple months.

sfwrtr, to Mac
@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe avatar

My hand written not taking device arrived 5 days early. It's a Nomad . Time for unboxing. Here's to hoping once it's configured that I can simple turn it on, immediately write as if it were a notepad, then later send OCR'd notes to my .

cc: @SergKoren

0xabad1dea, to writing

a brief tour of one of my wall-to-wall completed draft notebooks; this is a 480-page Nanami Seven Seas notebook with Tomoe River paper. (You can read the story without reading my handwriting 🙂)

photo of fiction in notebook in purple ink
photo of fiction in notebook in green ink
photo of fiction in notebook in gray ink

paradoxmo, to calligraphy
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar

Currently Inked 2: The Inks: The Series

  • Diamine Jack Frost
  • Colorverse Hayabusa Glistening
  • Diamine Shimmering Seas
  • Franklin Christoph Midnight Emerald

Paper: Endless Regalia Notepad

CultureDesk, to ukteachers
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

When we write using pen and paper, we plan texts more carefully, remember the things we've noted down more accurately, and put less strain on our brains, compared to using a typewriter or computer. @TheConversationUS takes a look at some of the studies around this, and makes the case for continuing to teach handwriting in schools.

https://flip.it/TmpKx0

badrihippo, to calligraphy
@badrihippo@fosstodon.org avatar

Anyone working on a that takes input?

It would be more accurate in some ways than a generic handwriting recognition tool, because it can use syntax rules as hints for what you actually want to write, as well as apply them to auto-indent to the number of spaces you intended (with manual override options of course)

paradoxmo, (edited ) to random
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar

We’re not quite through summer yet, but considering the discussion of Nemosine and nibs with @judah:

Earliest known surviving secular song in English, from 13th c., “Mirie it is while sumer ilast”. https://earlymusicmuse.com/mirie-it-is-while-sumer-ilast/

Paper: Fabriano EcoQua (4mm dot grid)

Middle English:

  • Nemosine Fission 1.1
  • Colorverse Dark Energy
  • Minuscule based on original ms.

Modern English:

  • FPR Himalaya V1 M ultraflex
  • Colorverse Quasar
  • English Roundhand

Escritos_mano, to calligraphy Spanish
@Escritos_mano@mastodon.online avatar
paradoxmo, to random
@paradoxmo@penfount.social avatar

I will not buy this record, it is scratched.

: Geha 712
: Waterman Serenity Blue

freemo, to writing
@freemo@qoto.org avatar

Just FYI, for people who write a lot with mechanical pens, check out the Kuru Toga line with rotating lead engine. Every time you lift up your pen the lead rotates slightly which keeps your lead relatively sharp to a point. They are also very affordable at <$20 on amazon.

Just a note, they are inexpensive so despite some of them looking like metal they are light and plastic. But they seem high quality and dont break easily.

yingtai, to calligraphy
@yingtai@zirk.us avatar

I learnt a little walking cursive in Chinese calligraphy class, but I never got round to grass cursive. So I've been working with this 1958 Yale University Press book. It's hard but it's so much fun to get my pen to do these wild gyrations!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1232790.Chinese_Cursive_Script

Escritos_mano, to calligraphy Spanish
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Escritos_mano, to calligraphy Spanish
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