- Spacing:
- (a) When used with Script I., Uncials are written on the same lines, and have to follow the same spacing (in spite of their longer stems).
- (b) When Uncials are used by themselves, their spacing may be wider (p. [297]).
Note.—The height of Uncial o is about equal to the height of the Half-Uncial d.
NUMERALS & PUNCTUATION MARKS
(See fig. [57].)
These are best made with a “slanted” pen (fig. [9]).
When writing “Arabic numerals,” 1 and 0 may be made on the line, 2468 ascending, and 3579 descending.
OF COPYING MSS. GENERALLY
When copying a MS. it is best to choose a complete page—or part of a page—to be copied in facsimile.
Two or three lines are copied to begin with; then the composition of the individual letters and words is studied by means of a large pen; and finally the whole page is copied in facsimile. (Of practising, see pp. [85], [86]).
Make a general examination and analysis as suggested at p. [71]. Accurate measurements will be found helpful.
Take the heights of the o and the d, and the distance apart of the writing-lines with dividers [p083] The width of the thick stroke is best found by making experimental thick strokes—the full width of the pen nib—on a scrap of paper: cut the paper in half across the thick strokes, and place the cut edge on the thickest strokes in the original MS., you will then find whether the pen nib should be cut wider or narrower.