All lettering is to be done in the Foundational Hand. Many thanks to Programs Director Jean Formo for use of her exemplar—click here to view.
Paper size: 8.5" wide x 11" high
Orientation: portrait
Paper color: white layout
Nib: Speedball C-2, Hiro Tape 2mm, or Brause 2mm
Ink color: Black
Margins: top: 1"; left: 1"
Justification: flush left
x-height (body height): 4 pen widths
a-height (ascender): 3 pen widths
d-depth (descender): 3 pen widths
Line spacing: 2 pen widths (i.e. interlinear space between descender and next ascender)
Quote: The alphabet's lower-case letters a–z
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