I took some classes and got so much advice from Rob. I can tell he is amazing. And I will always be grateful to God and life for giving me the chance to know him. To this day, I still put into practice everything I learned from him! THANKS! (And for those who are thinking about taking this course, the answer is yes!)
I'm studying Spencerian from Mr. Sull's books and it's very helpful to see him write in real-time. It's heartening to see that even a master penman sometimes hunches over his work and uses finger movements, and that re-touching is allowed.
As an educator, I appreciate the time, effort, and content of your presentation. My Basic Typography classes will be viewing your efforts from now on. Thank you!
I do know this is a niche topic, and you are probably right. I created this for educational purposes to be used as a background aid in teaching font design. Cheers!
Hey Ricky, I think you are referring to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. There should be a credit at the end of the video for ALL materials in this video.
Well Done! I apologize I'm late to the party, but if you/your viewers ever find yourself in Massachusetts, check out the Museum of Printing in Haverhill MA, they have all sorts of type, presses, casting machines, even computer and phototypesetting. Basically everything you mentioned in the video, the museum has an example. The museum also has an extensive library of books about books, publishing and printing. There are hundreds of books all devoted to alphabets, writing, and typographic design. And if you get the chance, check out the Printing Office of Edes & Gill in Boston, re-creating an 18th century printing office, where Revolutionary documents are replicated and printed on the same kinds of equipment and type as used in the period.
In its written form, English is. a 'left to right' language. Urdu, Persian and ARabic , on the other hand , are written 'Right to Left'. And most people are right handed. And if you check calligraphy in ARabic and Persian and Urdu, you will find the most beautiful art- most of them written by right handed people. so being left handed should not be an issue. :-)
@Jack Nemo John DeCollibus is a left-handed Master Penman. Here is a link to one of his videos. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_S8p_sumPbs.html He can help you. He also has a website, www.beyondwordsscript.com/ He is also a member of IAMPETH. He is featured here. www.iampeth.com/artist/john-decollibus This should get you going on the right direction.
+panno16 Mike Sull and I are good friends and we worked together at Hallmark back in the 80s. I visited him in Kansas City and he did this for my wife.
bbqstud... sorry about the quality of the video. It was a spur of the moment situation, and all I had was my cellphone. Had I known he was going to do it, I would have set up a camera on a tripod, and gotten the lighting right. Oh well. I think poor quality is better than no video at all.
Come on now....the penmanship was excellent but the video sucked....get your shit together so we can watch the whole thing without twisting, turning and jiggling....
Perhaps you should attend The Spencerian Saga, a week long Spencerian Workshop held in Geneva On The Lake, Ohio during the month of October. The second (Advanced) seminar is in progress this week. The year 2017 will probably be celebrating the Saga's 30th anniversary (established in 1986). Although Mr. Sull no longer instructs the workshop, it is likely he will attend the event at some point. He is a very generous individual, who would probably be willing to make name cards for all attending. The man is gifted as well with his font of information concerning those Penmen of days gone by.
Rob - this is an amazing video! Professionally produced with excellent content, and most importantly a very insightful way of capturing the history of type/typography and printing throughout the years, right up to today.
