GOTHIC SCRIPTS
"Gothic Scripts" is a book that introduces readers to the nine gothic hand-writing from the Gothic period and an additional Foundational Hand, which is one of the first scripts to start with when beginning to learn Gothic Scripts. This book covers all the 10 scripts, writing tools and writing inks.
This book has two special feature;- One, is its black on black pages. These pages serve as dividers between scripts. To read, one could angle it till the ink catches light, or by holding it upright, which give the effect of the paper being in a lighter color than the words. Second of the features, are the hand written gothic brush calligraphy. These are either significant letter of the script, abbreviations, or ligatures that are not in the book. When the ink of the letter catches light, it gives off a feeling of wet ink.
This book has an Instagram account under the name @gothicwrites and in that Instagram gallery, is where letters in the book form into words and later, into complete sentences. The posts in this account switches between brush calligraphy and Pilot Parallel Pen.
Special credits to Merchant's Lane Cafe for letting me take these photos in their outdoor space! I love this cafe very much.
End paper image is Fraktur script. 100% CMYK printed on Antalis CURIOUS Collection, SKIN Charcoal
Contents page
Chapter divider
This spread shows the main characteristics of this book; the 'wet ink' and the clean minimal design.
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