[Fig. 59.]

[Fig. 60.]

Script II. is similarly practised: the letters are grouped (p. [82]) to form words (fig. [60]).

Next make a neat page of large writing, and, if possible, write such a page every day. The more definite and methodical practice is, the better. “Practising” anyhow, on scraps of paper, does more harm than good.

[Fig. 61.]

ARRANGING & RULING A SINGLE SHEET

The size of an inscription is commonly settled before the arrangement of the text is planned out, being determined by considerations of its future position and office, or by custom and use (see pp. [100]–[103] & [351]). [p089]