BRUSH CALLIGRAPHY 101 PART 3: UNDERSTANDING CALLIGRAPHY GUIDELINES
In this post, we will discuss about what are guidelines, its anatomy and its importance in your journey to world of calligraphy.
“If you wish to fly to new heights begin by setting your
sights on the destination you can reach and then create a fight plan, a map,
that will be your guide.” – Debbie Ford
In drawing, guidelines is about using fundamental and basics
geometrical shapes like rectangle, square, triangle, circle and a lot more.
This helps the artists visualize the drawing before putting out the details.
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In
calligraphy, guidelines are set of lines in writing similar to guidelines we
used when we first start learning how to write during our elementary days. (Good old days).
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The baseline is the line where the letters sit or rest. The waistline is the line that indicates the top of the lower case letter. The space between the baseline and the waistline is called the x-height which determines the height of the body for lower case letters. The ascender line are for strokes that extends above the waistline like for small letters like b, d, f, h, k, l, t. On the other hand, descender line are for strokes that extends below the baseline like for letter g, j, p, q, and y.
Another line that is important in practicing calligraphy is
the SLANT LINE. Slant line is used to determine the angle or how the letters
leans. Again depending on what type of
calligraphy you are practicing, angle of letters may vary.
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for Italic Calligraphy, slant angle is at 79 degrees,
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Conclusion
For beginners, using guidelines is essential in learning
either traditional or modern calligraphy. It will be useful to making sure that
the all of your letter are all lines up properly and are at the exact height or
width you want things to be.
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