Victorian writing

Everything from paper to the date and the ink was scrutinized back then.

Brenda Arledge has given Hubpage authors a 24th prompt, which is “letter”. There is an acrostic poem and a poem that bemoans the fact that many children are no longer learning to write in cursive.

MudBay Images: Ornamental Antique Penmanship

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Captain Wentworth's Letter

This post shows how to write a Victorian birthday letter, using examples written by Mary Gladstone to her father in 1857 and 1858. T he birthday letter formula is most evident in children's letters, which strongly suggests that norms for writing birthday letters

I once found a set of Speedball pen nibs as a kid. I was familiar with conventional pen and ink usage, but had never seen nibs like this before. It wasn’t until taking a calligraphy course in college (with Professor Don Anderson, author of “The Art Of Written Forms”) that I ran across them again and had a chance to try them out. The times have evolved a lot since then and so much of the calligraphic art is becoming lost to digital convenience, but leafing through some vintage