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Italian Hand

Posted on April 14, 2017 by raoulpat

Last weekend, I attended the Poetic Pen calligraphy workshop, taught by Heather Held, where we learned Italian Hand, the ancestor of English Roundhand. It’s quirky, but Heather’s enthusiasm is infectious, and I soon fell in love with its blobs and … Continue reading →

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From Letter to Oskar Pollak (8 November 1903); . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Briefe, 1902-1924 by Franz Kafka On display at Dog-Eared Books on Valencia, SF. #FranzKafkaQuotes #QuotestoLiveBy #FranzKafkaQuote #FranzKafkaLetters #LonelinessQuotes #LonelinessQuotes #QuotesAboutSolitude #SolitudeQuotes #QuotesaboutAlienation #AlienationQuotes #20thcenturywriters #drmartinsbleedproofwhite #cansonmiteintespastelpaper #blacklettercalligraphy #frakturcalligraphy #calligraphiegothique #calligraphybyraoul #dogearedbookssf

From Nightwood, by Djuna Barnes, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . Nightwood was a cult classic of lesbian fiction. Djuna Barnes, an avant-garde journalist and author, was famous for her modernist writing, and supported progressive suffragists. She lived in Greenwich Village, frequenting the intellectual community there, from 1915 until her death in 1982, except for a 20-year stay in Europe.. On display at Dog-Eared Books on Valencia, SF. #nightwood #djunabarnes #humancomplexity #feministliterature #modernistwriters #feministwriters #lgbtwriters #lgbtamericanwriters #lesbianwriters #20thcenturywomenwriters #drmartinsbleedproofwhite #cansonmiteintespastelpaper #blacklettercalligraphy #frakturcalligraphy #calligraphiegothique #calligraphybyraoul #dogearedbookssf

From Song of Myself 52, by Walt Whitman. . . . . . . . . Whitman, 1819 - 1892, would have been 200 on May 31st. In poem 52 of Song of Myself, Whitman speaks of being part of nature. He has transcended the self. As he says in poem 51, he “contains multitudes”. This piece is on display at Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street, SF. #waltwhitman #waltwhitmanpoetry #lgbtpoets #lgbtamericanpoets #songofmyself #Iamuntranslatable #drmartinsbleedproofwhite #cansonmiteintespastelpaper #blacklettercalligraphy #frakturcalligraphy #calligraphiegothique #calligraphybyraoul #dogearedbookssf

Today, at the blackletter breakfast club, we admired Rudolf Koch’s R and Fraktur Mon Amour, a compendium of Blackletter typefaces. #blackletterbreakfastclub #halfmoonbaycoffee #halfmoonbaycoffeecompany #blacklettercalligraphy #frakturmonamour #blacklettertypeface

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