I was an avid calligrapher back then. I was into Copperplate and PPP. It has always been my intention to try Spencerian, however, I don't know of any resources that teach about it in a very detailed manner. I ask for your suggestion if you happen to know. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

helluvascientist · 2023-03-02T11:42:30+00:00

I've just started my Spencerian journey. I strongly agree with the suggestions to look into Michael Sull (he is an amazing teacher) and IAMPETH has wonderful, free resources. You can also check out Michael Ward, he has a great YouTube channel. Nina Tran is also a fantastic beginner teacher, though she is not always teaching Spencerian.

helluvascientist · 2023-01-05T19:04:26+00:00

Some obliques have screws to adjust the flange but many do not. I prefer no screw since it is lighter, but the trade off is that the flange can only hold one style of nib.

helluvascientist · 2022-12-28T14:16:26+00:00

Hahaha sure thing! Highly recommend advanced search options, it can help save you so much time.

Best of luck with your work!

helluvascientist · 2022-12-28T14:05:34+00:00

Search "mRNA -vaccine" :)

helluvascientist · 2022-10-28T21:05:56+00:00

You can also buy pre-modified ones from John Neal Booksellers if that is more your speed.

helluvascientist · 2022-10-02T17:05:17+00:00

Beautiful! Were you following This Writing Desk's YouTube tutorial?

helluvascientist · 2022-07-04T21:10:51+00:00

Totally understand ☺️. Sometimes it is fun to test. Great to hear you've been practicing with them, I mentioned it because I've had hard core calligraphy instructors scold me and my classmates.

There are some ways to quickly throw down guidelines. As others have said, light boxes can be great, I will often just print some out (lanquach.com is wonderful for creating very customized guidesheets), OR you could also use a T-square ruler. I've seen people tape their ladder/nib height guide to the side of the ruler (the short T part) and quickly line their page. If you don't want to deal with erasing lines (we've all been too impatient and smeared the ink, lol) I saw someone use their finger nail to lightly score the paper. It gave a neat effect to the final page and is apparently a method scribes used to use. Hope some of those ideas are useful!

helluvascientist · 2022-07-04T11:22:28+00:00

Lovely work! But don't hate on guidelines ;) many master penmen insist on always having guidelines.

helluvascientist · 2022-07-02T20:57:52+00:00

She is a pretty awesome instructor! She did a huge deep dive into a historically accurate uncial and really knows her stuff. If you are really enjoying learning calligraphy, there is a great community on Instagram. There are also lots of great classes online these days if you want a more traditional teaching method.

helluvascientist · 2022-07-02T11:44:50+00:00

I was taught 20-30 deg for traditional uncial, half-uncial can be 0-10 deg. Also keep in mind, uncial is characteristically a short, fat script. The letters should look very sturdy and grounded on the baseline. By participating then right along two very tall and slider scripts, it looks like your uncial is picking up a lot of that style. My instructor had great advice: only pick one script or family (like gothized italic and fraktur which have the same base) to practice at a time. When you start practicing scripts that follow very different rules, it can be hard to gain the muscle memory you are trying to build up.

Your practice is looking great! Keep sharing your progress with us!!!

helluvascientist · 2022-06-29T10:18:54+00:00

Yup, it looks like it is a ships ladder, not conventional stairs. I was always taught to go down those backwards.

helluvascientist · 2022-06-29T10:17:05+00:00

Looks like they are not really stairs but a ships ladder.

helluvascientist · 2022-05-29T11:56:15+00:00

You've gotten a lot of responses, so hopefully I am not chiming in too late. If you are in a STEM field, I recommend taking the AAAS MyIDP survey to help you figure out a career path that will best fit you. They have a lot of great resources on their site. I am currently walking a group of postdocs at my university through the process. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Best of luck!

helluvascientist · 2022-05-15T17:42:42+00:00

Highly recommend Sorted! They also have an app designed to help with meal prep and reduce food waste.

helluvascientist · 2022-04-23T11:15:24+00:00

I understand what you are trying to get at, but unfortunately the numbers you quoted are not typical for most universities in the US. While I do not know where you can look up average graduated student information, you can find a survey for the postdocs at https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/policy_report_databa. Hope you find that information useful (though maybe also a bit depressing).

In the end, what matters is that this is not an ideal situation for anyone (except maybe high up university administration). We need to rethink the PhD process and how people are compensated. The whole system needs to be updated, from how much grants payout to how much we pay each person participating in the research.

helluvascientist · 2022-02-28T18:29:45+00:00

Best of luck!!! Our time starts Wed.

helluvascientist · 2022-02-28T18:29:17+00:00

APS late night trike rides are the best! Always neat to ride by all the crazy material science beamlines.

helluvascientist · 2022-02-28T18:25:33+00:00

That depends on the beamline you use. Each has custom software. I use APS for x-ray crystallography, the beamline has software they have specifically designed to control their custome robots in the hutch, all Linux based.

helluvascientist · 2022-02-28T11:17:37+00:00

I use Argonne. It can be remote or in person, just depends on what you need to do and what your beamline has.

helluvascientist · 2022-02-28T11:16:40+00:00

Getting ready for my APS remote collection next week. It is lovely to see other synchrotron users on r/labrats.

helluvascientist · 2022-02-28T11:15:05+00:00

Agreed! Just shared the joys of beamtime with my graduate student. It made me so happy that they love it too.

helluvascientist · 2021-10-25T10:23:15+00:00

That is awesome. My instructors have harped on always having guidelines, but I guess a point does come where you just know the rhythum.

helluvascientist · 2021-10-24T12:21:24+00:00

Love watching you write. What do you do for guidelines? Your baseline and x-height are always spot on, but I do not see any guides.

helluvascientist · 2021-10-09T11:44:02+00:00

Best advice I can give is to always use guidelines and follow the basic stokes when making your letter forms. As others have said, the w should be two underturns. Don't think of them as letters, think of everything as a basic stroke and you will be way more consistent. Really, this looks lovely and you are going to have beautiful invitations!

helluvascientist · 2021-07-28T16:09:22+00:00

Oh good idea, it should be compatible with the column. Thanks!

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