Path: utzoo!hoptoad!mejac!decwrl!labrea!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ichthyosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu!elwell From: elwell@ichthyosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Clayton M. Elwell) Newsgroups: alt.sca Subject: Re: which callig hand to use? was: What's up? Message-ID: <12945@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 11 May 88 02:08:36 GMT References: <8WVNURy00Xc=8350VX@andrew.cmu.edu> <16950@cornell.UUCP> <1186@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <9226@g.ms.uky.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer and Information Science Lines: 23 mtbb34@ms.uky.edu (Becky McEllistrem) writes: so which callig hand is the easiest to learn for a beginner? Rebecca the Contrary Well, it depends. Some people can draw circles beeter than they can draw straight lines, and some people are the other way around. If you're good at circles, then an uncial or roundhand will probably be easiest (anglo-saxon and celtic hands are good here). If you're better at lines, a nice angular gothic will probably be easier. The best way to tell is to get a chisel-point felt tip and try out a bunch of things, and start with whichever one feels most natural. This gives you something to learn how the pen reacts, at which point you can start working on other styles. In Service to the Society, Lorimbor Coiradan -=- Clayton M. Elwell-=- "Gee, the Captain's vanished utterly so we'd better beam down the second-in- command to exactly the same coordinates to see what happened to him!"