Ductus Lettering Notes

Calligraphy is learned on paper, with a real pen. Ductus coaches the page you just wrote. PHOTOGRAPH YOUR PRACTICE PAGE Italic with a broad-edge nib, copperplate with a pointed pen, brush lettering, or your own everyday hand. Write a few lines, take a photo, and Ductus looks at the form of the writing: the slant, the spacing between letters and words, the letter sizes, how the letters sit on the baseline, letter shapes, thick and thin. NOTES LIKE A TEACHER'S Two or three notes, each tied to a line and a word ("Line 2, hands: the h leans further right than the other letters"), with what to try next time. One thing to keep doing. And how steady your slant, spacing, size and baseline were across the page. THE DRILL THAT FIXES IT Each critique ends with the drill that trains the most important note: slant lines, linked ovals, arches and cups, the word minimum, x-height boxes, landing on the baseline, spacing ladders, thick and thin. Every drill has a guide sheet drawn for your hand, with its x-height and slant, to print or share as a PDF. Drills and sheets are free. WATCH YOUR HAND SETTLE Every page is pinned to your wall with its notes. Over the weeks, the wall shows which parts of your hand have become steady and which still wander. YOUR PAGES STAY ON YOUR PHONE Only the photo you ask about is sent, and it is not kept. No account, no ads. Three critiques are free. Packs of critiques never expire. A photo that is not a practice page costs nothing. Questions: [email protected]

Photograph a lettering practice page and get the notes a teacher would write in the margin, the drill that fixes the main one and a printable guide sheet for your hand. If a note looks wrong or offensive, report it with the flag on the notes screen.