WORKSHOP 2
INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPT LETTERING
WHAT IS SCRIPT LETTERING?
Script lettering, which describes a way of drawing letters, is a direct descendant of cursive handwriting, which began as a kind of handwriting done with a straight and flexible pen, often related to English handwriting. The best-known variations of this kind of writing include Copperplate, in England, and Spencerian, in the United States.
1. Sample of Spencerian cursive from Convenient Book of Specimens, published by the Franklin Type Foundry in the United States in 1889.
2. From The Universal Penman, engraved by George Bickham, published in England around 1740–1741. Lovely ...
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