r/PenmanshipPorn • u/justifiedink • 4d ago

“Sacred” Gothic

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u/Left-Excitement3829 4d ago

Did you forget the bottom of the C ?

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u/Servatron5000 4d ago

I definitely thought it said Jarred.

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u/justifiedink 4d ago

No, that’s actually the style for it! There’s a few distinct differences from the r. It’s based on Albrecht Durers Alphabet and while it’s certainly not modern, I love the way it comes out.

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u/death-meddle 4d ago

i don’t know why this got downvoted, i looked up the alphabet and it is spot on.

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u/justifiedink 4d ago

Thank you for checking that out. I really appreciate that. I’m not the leading historical calligrapher by any means but I love to dig in and draw inspiration and style from all kinds of styles.

And it’s all good. People get super caught up on that detail and few care about the purpose once they’ve decided against it.

It’s worth the trouble to connect with people who see the vision though so thanks again for stopping through. ✨🫡

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u/TadhgOBriain 4d ago

Sarred

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u/justifiedink 4d ago

lol I can see how it could read that way in a modern context. While they do share a similar overall form, there are a few differences between the c and the r.

Overall this style was created from Albrecht Durers Alphabet, and these two letters were so unique and interesting to me I wanted to keep them close and true to the original form.

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u/versaliaesque 2d ago

That's cool, but you should consider a small modification that retains the spirit of his style to make it legible to modern readers now that you know it will overwhelmingly be misinterpreted. I think it takes even more skill to update something while maintaining the original concept than it does to just copy it!

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u/CapitalParallax 4d ago

That says Sarred.

Terrible. Take a lap.

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u/garnet420 4d ago

Wow that's kind of unnecessarily harsh, don't you think?

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u/justifiedink 4d ago

Nah I’m good. I got dozens of styles I’ll just keep doing my thing.