CHAPTER II

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING IN THE PAST

Majuscule Writing--Square Capitals--Rustic Capitals--Uncials--Mixed Uncial and Minuscule Writing--Half-Uncials--Irish Half-Uncials-- English Half-Uncials--Minuscule Writing-- Lombardic Writing--Visigothic Writing-- Merovingian Writing--Carlovingian Writing--Later Styles 32

## CHAPTER III THE PREPARATION AND USE OF THE PEN

Cutting the Pen--Simple Exercises 42

## CHAPTER IV THE FORMATION OF LETTERS

Letters formed with simple Pen-strokes--Method in working--How the various Letters are formed 48

## CHAPTER V FORMING WORDS AND SENTENCES

Writing a short Quotation--Spacing Letters-- Italics--Pen-formed Figures 54

## CHAPTER VI ALPHABETS FOR STUDY, BASED ON HISTORICAL EXAMPLES

Uncial Letters--Half-Uncials--Writing, from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century 60

## CHAPTER VII ROMAN LETTERING

Building up Letters with Pen-strokes--Roman Letters made with simple direct Pen-strokes--The Construction of Roman Capitals 70

## CHAPTER VIII SOME HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF ROMAN LETTERING

The Alphabet of the Trajan Column--Various Alphabets from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century 76

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