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Thank you! Well when I was around 10 or 11, so ~20 years ago, my grandma bought me and my cousins each a Rotring fountain pen, probably 1.5 or 1.9mm nib, and gave us a few classes on italic calligraphy. I always liked my grandma's italic, and it definitely sparked an interest in me, but I wanted to learn blackletter/gothic and that type of hand. I did it for a while, but I lacked discipline and didn't stick with it long enough, didn't know how to take care of the pen and probably lost it eventually.
Fast forward to my 30s, never lost interest. I've been lurking this sub, /r/PenmanshipPorn and /r/Handwriting for a few years now, and while going through all her calligraphy stuff everywhere in the house I said to myself, "let's do this."
TL;DR, skip the story: I inherited a lot of calligraphy/illumination books from her. One of my favorites so far is Written Letters: 29 Alphabets for Calligraphers by Jacqueline Svaren. Here are some excerpts, I really love her italic.
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I have a ways to go! I'm very critical of myself which is one of the reasons I haven't posted here until now. I always notice a lot of mistakes that I will continue to work on the best I can. (I probably freehand more than I should.)