posted by
jaeleslie at 03:53pm on 16/06/2004

Roman Capitals- You have a proud and noble bearing,
and are of ancient pedigree, but you tend to be
very rigid and set in your ways.
What Calligraphy Hand Are You?
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I did this a couple times, not all that interested in the horoscope diagnostic exercise, but fascinated by the samples given. If you do it please feel free to copy the result here and I will tell you about the hand. Not all of them are actually handlettering. This one is a Roman hand, and looks like it is from a rather old manuscript although it could be a modern copyist's work. It is not as regular as the kind of Roman letters you see cut in stone, but hey, it's not cut in stone.
Edit: I take it back, that last line looks like a bunch of sample letters and not actual words from a manuscript. A relatively modern copyist perhaps, who has put in a K which is a Greek letter, and an XYZ which would seem to be from some kind of practice sheet (with the X crossed a bit too low). From the little serif marks they do look like they were made properly with a quill or reed.
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