Our conception of Roman letters may be that they are monumental and geometrical, but that is less than half true. Roman letters are also full of movement, they carry with them the tool which helped make them, the broad edged reed pen and the broad edged brush. 

The Romans had more than one writing style! We often tend to forget the Roman cursive, the informal note taking letterform used on papyri and on wax tablets, for everyday tasks such as letter writing and note taking. There is the Capitalis Quadrata, the manuscript pen written form of the inscriptional Capitalis Monumentalis, and of course the Capitalis Rustica, the condensed and informal letter written with a steep pen angle, used in manuscripts for centuries after the sack of Rome. 

These are the Quadruplets, if you like, and manisfest a diversity of Roman letterform which is often overlooked. 

We will cover all these four writing styles in this workshop, and discover the connection between them. All levels are welcome!

– Four week class in Zoom

– Correction of homework between sessions

– Lectures, demos, Q&A

– Access to videos for two months after last class

– Tutor with 36 years of experience