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I’m not much of a calligrapher, but I’m trying my hand at some broad nib inspired text typeface. It’s astounding in how many places you have to deviate from the pen logic to make it “look right”.
The most glaring example may be the Z. On the left is the pure nib trace (nib held at 30° angle), on the right is what we are accustomed to see.
You can get a glimpse of what master calligrapher Hermann Zapf does with his pen in this video starting around here: https://youtu.be/3jD4CpzIuR4?t=665 #calligraphy #zapf
@jenskutilek This has been one of the most minblowing videos on calligraphy and typography I've ever seen.
@jenskutilek at 16:00 that’s his daily signature 
@jenskutilek It is very impressive. But to me the border between *writing* with a calligraphic pen and *drawing* with that same pen, becomes quite opaque here.