CoC Practice Project

Foundational Challenge #4

Paper size:  smaller than 16" square
Orientation:  portrait or landscape
Paper color:  white layout
Nib: broad-edged nib
Ink color:  Black
Margins:  artist's choice
Justification:  artist's choice
x-height (body height):  between 3 and 5 pen widths
a-height (ascender): 2-4 pen widths
d-depth (descender): 2-4 pen widths(i.e. a-2/x-3/d-2 or a-3/x-4/d-3 or a-4/x-5/d-4)
Line spacing:  artist's choice pen widths (i.e. interlinear space between descender and next ascender)

Choose one of these quotes, or both if you wish:
#1:  Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.  –Albert Einstein
#2:  What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. –John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

 

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