![]() We have two types of notebooks in this Seyes or French ruling – an A5, softcover staple and we just got in an A4 softcover spiral bound. It takes practice! It takes some practice and concentration to get all that muscle memory working, so take a trip to your local cafe, or sit out on the porch in this fresh spring weather! And then, send me a letter in your beautiful (or you know, “unique”) handwriting □ The next step might be to try connecting two letters of different heights, like a – f – a – f – a – f to practise getting from one height to the the next. If you’re just starting out, it may help to take a letter that’s troubling you and write that letter over and over again. I think you’re supposed to go fast to really loosen up the muscles, but I don’t think I’m at that stage yet – I’m still at the concentrate-really-hard-and-don’t-mess-up-because-you’re-taking-a-picture-for-the-blog stage, but don’t be afraid to mess up! If you keep that in mind, you just have to be careful about the d & t.Ī popular warm-up exercise for calligraphers and handwriting teachers is to try drawing circles of consistent size across a line. Really, basically everything goes up to the third line, or the first line, except d & t. Anything that goes below the line – f, g, j, p, q, y, z – go down two lines. ![]() Non-loopy or straight stems go up to the second line – just d and t.ĥ. Loopy stems go up to the third line – b, f, h, k, l.Ĥ. Lower case “bodies” – like a, c, the circle part of d or p – go up to the first line.ģ. Capital letters go up to the third line.Ģ. She said since she’s come to Canada she’s been using “regular” paper, and her handwriting has been swooping all over the place uncontrollably (this is not the case, as I’ve seen her handwriting and it is perfect…ugh! The French and their eating endless varieties of cheese and never getting fat! And their perfect handwriting!!).ġ. We have a customer who had grown up in France who comes in specifically for this Seyes ruled paper. Herbin’s Poussiere de Lune ink, which is kind of a romantic thought! All that moondust □ ![]() I’ve also read that generations of French school children used J. The vertical lines help with indentations for paragraphs or tables, as these notebooks could be used for a variety of school subjects. It’s often used by students, and I think the margin on the left (nice and wide!) is for teachers’ gentle encouragement/corrections. Seyes ruled or French ruled paper is widespread in France, and actually, I think you can find it in many countries in Europe. These thin lines are supposed to help you keep the size and height of your letters consistent. The paper has thick lines with three thin lines in between each. ![]() This paper looks super complicated, but if you spend some time with it, it’s actually not too complicated at all. Now, I’m not quite delving into the debate about whether or not cursive writing should be taught in public school, but if you are interested in spending some time on your handwriting, French ruled paper, or Seyes ruled paper, could be something to help you out.Ĭalligraphers also use this paper, sometimes ignoring the “rules” for standard handwriting, but using the lines to help get a consistent size – I’ve seen calligraphers using the Pilot Parallel pens with letters up to 15 or 20 lines high.
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