Doris sent this from Canada and included a nice note. She has very pretty penmanship. Notice the D in Des. It's a lovely D - which is one of the letters I've struggled with in the past. Her version is genius. Plus, I think I can replicate it. JeanR has a beautiful J - and I've tried so hard to adopt it - but have not figured it out. My solution is to sign my name with a lower case j. That's really sad. One would think that I could have figured out a good J by now. The memory of struggling with my Js, starting in third grade haunts me.
I blame it all on Zaner-Bloser. YUK!
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The worst style known to mankind. B-D-F-G-H-I-L-O-P-R-S-T-X-Z are the most egregious. J does not make the worst list. It's just bad. The only letters that are OK are A-C-E-Q-V-W-Y. But OK is not acceptable. There is not a single letter that I would keep.
Zaner-Bloser is just s dumbed down version of Palmer - and while I do not like Palmer, at least it's graceful and I could live with it.
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For anyone wondering which exemplar I like. I will run it tomorrow - if I can find it.
Fun envelope! I love the way her scarf makes your name and how it the floral pattern is continuous. Her penmanship is indeed lovely and I agree that those exemplars are bleh.
ReplyDeleteI have struggled with the J my whole life and have never found one that is truly gorgeous. Some are just less terrible than others.
ReplyDeleteThat was my first thought, too, what a fun idea for an envelope! It's giving me Thelma and Louise :)
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