![]() ![]() The main factor in forming both letters happily is proportion and spacing. With Gothic ‘g’s especially, if you find that the second example is getting crowded out below the line, make sure that the descending portion of the first ‘g’ doesn’t stretch too far out to the right. Notice that it’s not always easy to get two ‘d’s or two ‘g’s to sit happily next to each other. ![]() When you’re reasonably satisfied – please note I only said ‘reasonably’ – try out the following:ĭig god dough muddling gouged gripped dogged gilded grudging peddling giggled You just have to get them the right size in relation to each other. After a while your hand seems to make the right moves almost automatically and you realize that all the elements in a letter were designed to fit together. Gothic calligraphy really does get simpler and better-looking the more often it’s done. If it doesn’t come right the first few times, don’t imagine that you won’t be able to do it. ![]() Aim for compactness, precision and symmetry. If one element is too short or too long, it will throw out the whole shape of the letter. The important thing for you to bear in mind when forming both these letters is PROPORTION. You only take your pen off the page once for ‘d’, and ‘g’ is made of far fewer strokes than you’d imagine. In fact, although these two letters may look like quite difficult Gothic calligraphy, both of them are much simpler than you’d think.
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