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Category: Getting Started

Copperplate Writing – Best Practice

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With Copperplate, it is important to have the right equipment and materials. Drawing Board For most work, a calligrapher will use a drawing board, which if at the correct angle will help improve ink flow. When writing Copperplate, I personally tend not to use a board. By having the paper flat on the desk, it…

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Copperplate – left or right handed

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The follow posts have been taken from the old (pre Facebook) Scribblers Community. You may find them useful if you are new to Copperplate. I’m left handed and want to learn copperplate, will I need left handed nibs or is it immaterial with pointed nibs? This might sound stupid, but I’m only at the “get…

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