Next meeting: Saturday May 10, 2025

Basics of Calligraphy 

Our lettering system today started with the pictographs and evolved into several types of letterforms around the world. From there, humans altered the letters to be more attractive, or condensed, or artistic. But they all have some basics to start with. Paul Herrera, VP of the guild this year, will give us a quick look at the development of letterforms starting with the pictographs, just to give a bit of historical depth to what we do. Paul will provide handouts, including pages of calligraphy terms and definitions. He will answer our questions on anything that needs further explanation. He will go into a detailed explanation of spacing (letters and words). Everyone should be prepared to do some writing with a broad edged pen of their choosing.
Supply list: unlined paper, pencil/eraser, broad edge tool (Zig marker), ruler. 

Afternoon session from 1:30 -3:30 pm: To get some more hands-on time we will continue Paul’s presentation with more like actually drawing guidelines for broad-edge nibs. We will go further into the terms and definitions where you will draw and label examples. To start our new year, this will be a free session for members who want to the review some basics … No registration or fee is required (this time only). Supplies: Same as above.