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Of course my OCD forced me to add some Batarde text to accompany the B-cadel. :)
Text from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Christabel.
1.5mm Brause Bandzug, Walnut Ink

For this practice, I tried as best as I can to keep the picket-fence effect of Textura Quadrata.

Brause Bandzug 1.5mm, Walnut Ink

Time to take a break from Italics and go back to blackletter. 😊

1.5mm nib, walnut ink.

I'm a big fan of The Godfather.

1mm brause bandzug, walnut ink

As always, 1mm nib, walnut ink.

I ran out of space for the last two lines, hence the smaller (height) letters.

Brause Bandzug 1mm, Walnut Ink

I ran into a lot of trouble making pencil drafts of the O versal. I had to erase a lot of times, I though the eraser would eventually eat through the paper. 😀

Brause bandzug 1mm, walnut ink.

I used the Exeter Book as my exemplar.

I tried to copy the P versal from the Book of Kells.

1mm Brause Banzug, Walnut Ink

1.5mm Brause Bandzug, Walnut Ink

Bruase Bandzug 1mm, Walnut Ink

1mm Brause Bandzug, Walnut Ink

Words from Anima Christi

Some tengwar and origami action.

I folded this one from a 20cm square.

Walnut Ink, Brause Bandzug 1.5mm

Eric Joisel's Rat, folded from a 15cm square.

For shaping, I used a pair of tweezers.

Took a long time to shape that nose. :)

It's going to be another stressful week at work staring Monday tomorrow... 😢

Might as well make productive use of what remains of the weekend.

I tried to maintain the picket fence look as much as possible.

As always, walnut ink and a brause banzug 1.5mm nib.

Anyone here play Total War Warhammer? 😊

Anyway, for the nib, I used a 1.5mm brause bandzug.

As for the ink -- a funny story. Long ago I bought a bottle of Private Reserve Ebony Brown. A month after using, it developed a noticeable olive tinge. As the months went by, the ink started turning green. Eventually it 'stabilized' into a nice dark green shade.

Back to walnut ink and 1mm brause bandzug nib 😊

Generic red ink. I forgot what brand. The label on the jar has long since peeled away.

Brause Bandzug 1.5mm

A quote from one my favorite characters in Warhammer Fantasy.