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RE: How to square handwriting variation? - Jorge_Stolfi - 25-11-2025
(25-11-2025, 05:57 PM)nablator wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.writing upward or leftward strokes with a quill on a surface that is not as flat as paper is a recipe for catastrophe. It's only possible if you are very careful: light upward strokes and thick downward strokes is lesson 1 in calligraphy.
What you write above is totally true, but I believe that most letters of Voynichese were designed to be written with two strokes. In particular, r, s, and n were meant to be written as (1) a downward i or e stroke, with full pressure, leaving a thick stroke with butt ends; and (2) a plume, traced lightly upwards and counterclockwise, ending in a fine "mousetail" point. Except that the two strokes of the n could be traced without lifting the pen, so they often became a single stroke with a curve at the bottom, instead of the expected sharp angle.
Many r, s, and n glyphs now look like they were traced in one or two strokes, but with the plume drawn in the opposite direction - downwards and clockwise. I have an explanation for those cases, but I am not allowed to mention it here...
All the best, --stolfi
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - rikforto - 25-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - ReneZ - 25-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - Jorge_Stolfi - 26-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - Koen G - 26-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - Jorge_Stolfi - 26-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - PoisonSix - 26-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - ReneZ - 26-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - rikforto - 27-11-2025
RE: How to square handwriting variation? - rikforto - 27-11-2025