The Craft of the Pen |
Common terms and phrases
A B C D E A B C D E F G H I J K A B C D E FGHIJK abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz alphabet arch well rounded beginner Boxall Pen calligrapher Cap Line Mean capitals clean cross stroke curve descender diagonal edge Esterbrook extended Felt-tip Pen fingers fountain pen half a square hand height Interlinear channel holding the pen horizontal Indian ink italic large lettering legibility lengthened and flourished letters occupying Line Ascender Line Line Base Line Line Cap Line Line Mean Line lower arm majuscules Mean Line Base medium letter medium to wide narrow letter Pen angle pen is held penmanship photographs practise reed or quill Reed Pen rejoins the stem rhythm Roman serif showcards small writing steel pen stroke letter tail thick strokes three inches high three strokes tilting the pen U.C. BERKELEY LIBRARIES uncial University of California vellum vertical strokes Virtually wide letter writing line writing paper X Y Z