Handwriting was well done. (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Sunday, September 13, 2015, 15:44 (3456 days ago) @ Usul

Looks like they hired a calligrapher to emulate real handwriting, but it's not written with any standard form of handwriting I'm familiar with. In terms of modern handwriting, the Ps look European, but the rest of the handwriting is clearly modern American, but at 3 levels. This is often the case with French writing, as they use Seyes ruled paper to get the 3 levels, but isn't unknown elsewhere. It has elements of Spencer. However, it most closely resembles an old writing style, Copperplate, as was used in the Declaration of Independence, directly lifting its Ns, Ps, and a few other letters, while eschewing its other European tendencies of the long S and G capital shapes. The angle is also off. Copperplate has a 55 degree angle, invariably. This writing has a changing angle, but it is usually close to 55, which is nice.

It was originally done with a flexible writing utensil, likely a needle tipped flex nibbed fountain pen held heavily on the downstrokes. Copperplate is normally done with an oblique nib holder dipped in ink, but since this appears to be modern "handwriting" with copperplate flourishes, the fountain pen makes more sense, and it is consistent with the writing I am seeing. I could be wrong on that.