A METHOD OF ANALYSIS. | Example: Analysis of Script I. (as in fig.[50]). | |
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| 1. THE WRITING | general character: | Modernized Half-Uncial. |
| (Ruling) | Double or single lines, &c. (see pp. [304], [305]): | Double lines (see figs. [59], [65]). |
| Letters | round or angular: | round. |
| upright or sloping: | upright. | |
| coupled or separate: | coupled. | |
| 2. THIN STROKES: | horizontal or oblique (see figs. [10], [9]): | horizontal. |
| 3. THICK STROKES: | heavy, medium, or light (see fig.[183]): | medium. |
| 4. “HEADS” & “FEET”: | character (see fig.[145]): | solid, triangular, &c. |
| 5. STEMS (ascending & descending): | short, medium, or long (see fig.[183]): | medium. |
| 6. SPACING (Letters, Words, Lines): | close or wide (see fig.[154]): | fairly close (see figs. [54], [55]). |
| 7. ARRANGEMENT: | in mass (of equal lines), or in column (of unequal lines) (see fig. [154]): | in mass of equal lines (see fig.[66]). |
| 8. MEASUREMENTS (& proportions see pp.[324], [327]): | width of thick stroke (see p.[83]): | l = about332″wide. |
| height of o and d (see pp. [82], [84]): |
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| writing lines, distance apart (see p.[82]): | Lines 1″ apart. | |
| 9. COMPONENT PARTS: | number and forms (see pp. [75], [81], [84]): |
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- o = about 38″ high.
- d = about 1116″ high.
- a has 3 strokes.
- b has 3 strokes.
- c has 2 strokes.
- and so on (see fig. [51]).
The pen generally is held so as to give approximately horizontal thin strokes (see p. [66]), but in making v (w, y) and x, parts of z, &c., it is “slanted.” In figs. [51] and [57] these forms are marked with a small diagonal cross × (see also p. [25]).
Most of the strokes begin as down-strokes, but at the end of a down-stroke, when the ink is flowing freely, the stroke may be continued in an upward direction (as in coupling-strokes, &c., the feet of letters, the thin stroke of x, and, if preferred, in making the last stroke of g, s, and y).
While the ink is still wet in a down-stroke, the nib may be replaced on it and be pushed upward and outward to form the round arch in b, h, m, n, p, and r. This stroke, reversed, is also used for the top of t.
The making of these UP-strokes is shown diagrammatically in fig. [51].
Note.—The forms +oin× in fig. [51] contain all the principal strokes in this alphabet, and are therefore useful for early practice.
