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Copperplate Practice Workbook

A beginner's course in copperplate calligraphy that you print at home. It starts with the eight basic strokes and builds every lowercase letter from them, one stroke at a time.

The eight basic strokes, a page each
All 26 lowercase letters, each shown being built stroke by stroke, with rows to trace and write
Word practice that uses only the letters you have met so far
Capitals A to Z, numbers, greetings, months and days
One 87-page PDF on 55° guide lines, plus blank guide sheets in three sizes

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Copperplate Practice Workbook, contents — **Contents**Strokes, lowercase, capitals, words.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, a basic stroke — **A basic stroke**Each of the eight strokes has a page.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, the letter n — **The letter n**Built up one stroke at a time.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, the letter f — **The letter f**Trace, write, join, then words.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, word practice — **Word practice**Only letters you have met so far.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, how letters join — **How letters join**The five ways one letter meets the next.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, a capital letter — **A capital letter**With a name and a place to write.

Copperplate Practice Workbook, greetings — **Greetings**The words most often written by hand.

How it teaches

Lowercase copperplate is made from only eight strokes. A sheet of finished letters to trace does not show that, so most beginners copy the outline and never learn the movement. This workbook teaches the strokes first, then shows each letter as the strokes it is made from, numbered in the order you write them.

Basic strokes: entrance stroke, full pressure stroke, underturn, overturn, compound curve, oval, ascending loop and descending loop.
Lowercase, in six families: letters that share a stroke are learned together. Every letter has rows to trace, rows to write, the letter joined to itself, and words.
Joining: a page on the five ways one letter runs into the next.
Capitals and numbers: a page for each capital to trace, with a name and a place to write. These are models to trace; they are not broken into numbered strokes.
Words: two sentences that use every letter, greetings, the months and the days of the week.

Written for a pointed pen, and it works with a pencil or a brush pen too. The file is yours to keep: print any page as often as you need.