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  2. Pounce (powder) - Wikipedia

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    Pounce is gently sprinkled all over the writing on the paper. When using a quill or a steel nib, and with inks that are made up to match those typically in use during the 18th and 19th centuries, and provided the pen has been used with the fine strokes typical of handwriting of that period, the handwriting will be sufficiently dry within 10 seconds to allow the paper to be folded without blotting.

  3. Western calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    First page of Paul's epistle to Philemon in the Rochester Bible (12th century). A modern calligraphic rendition of the word calligraphy (Denis Brown, 2006). Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic use of the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, as opposed to "Eastern" traditions ...

  4. Joseph Carstairs - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Carstairs (2 March 1783 – 9 February 1844 [1]) was an English calligrapher and writing teacher who devised a new system and style of writing in the early 19th century. [2] Carstairs's system emphasised a "bold and free writing" when he first introduced it in 1809. [ 3 ]

  5. History of paper - Wikipedia

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    By the 11th century, papermaking was brought to Europe, where it replaced animal-skin-based parchment and wood panels. By the 13th century, papermaking was refined with paper mills using waterwheels in Spain. Later improvements to the papermaking process came in 19th century Europe with the invention of wood-based papers.

  6. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Typography, type-founding, and typeface design began as closely related crafts in mid-15th-century Europe with the introduction of movable type printing at the junction of the medieval era and the Renaissance. Handwritten letterforms of the mid-15th century calligraphy were the natural models for letterforms in systematized typography. [1]

  7. Copy slip - Wikipedia

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    Copybooks contained examples of calligraphy or basic penmanship with blank lines below for students to imitate the printed text and develop their penmanship skills. [ 1 ] The most widely published set of 19th century copy slips was George Gaskell’s Complete Compendium of Elegant Writing .

  8. Category:19th-century calligraphers - Wikipedia

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    19th-century Korean calligraphers (4 P) Pages in category "19th-century calligraphers" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.

  9. Dip pen - Wikipedia

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    Dip pens were widely used well into the 20th century, only gradually being displaced with the development of fountain pens in the later 19th century, [2] and are now mainly used in illustration, calligraphy, and comics. While a fountain pen offers the convenience of less frequent refills, the dip pen has certain advantages over a fountain pen.

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