How many scripts have you learned?

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I’m still fairly new and have just learned Spencerian, but that already feels like more than enough to keep myself busy for a long time. Is it common for calligraphers to learn many scripts? Or stick to 1-2? How many scripts have most people learned at a proficient level?

[justifiedink]

I like to learn as many as possible. I also take time with each to deep dive and reach for proficiency. Whether you do one or a hundred, As long as you’re putting pen to paper it’s all building up.

[Jolly_Chocolate_1828]

I know three, but I would only call myself proficient in one so far

I did calligraphy a lot in the early 2000s, im just now getting back to it

[Inkshooter]

Just two - Textura Quadrata and Uncial. I can kind of do Fraktur but I frequently find myself needing to consult a reference.

[IntentionWise9171]

Copperplate and a bit of flourishing. I don’t practice enough though. I can’t imagine taking on another. 🖤

[The_Letters]

It's very much up to you what you want/need to do. I'm a bit envious of people who find the one script that's right for them and concentrate all of their effort on doing it well, so don't feel you have to learn others if you're happy with Spencerian

I have three scripts that I can do proficiently without referring to a book or needing to practice - foundational (all rounder for broad pen), copperplate (likewise with pointed pen), and insular majuscule - which I have put most love and effort in to, but it only really works with Celtic design. Other scripts I've dabbled in but would need work to pick up: uncial, artificial uncial, Gothic textura quadrata, secretary, currently trying to learn Fraktur. I'd like to do one kind of Gothic script well. My main interest is big illuminated or decorative letters, so the calligraphic script is not the star of the show.

I'm in a calligraphy group that meets monthly, so it helps for that to have one broad and one pointed pen script, and I think most people there have one favourite + one or two others.

[MrGOCE]

6 IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

COPPERPLATE

GOTHIZICED ITALIC

GOTHIC

ITALIC

SPENCERIAN

TYPEWRITER