Spencerian minuscules have very little, delicate shading on only select letters, whereas Copperplate uses uniformly thick shades on all letters. While the majuscules are distinct between the two styles, it is more or less the minuscules which distinguish the differences, because Spencerian majuscules are sometimes used with Copperplate minuscules.
#SPENCERIAN VS PALMER SERIES#
Copperplate aka Engraver's/Engrosser's script was drawn using a series of pen lifts. I seem to remember a past thread regarding penmanship, where my wrist was gently slapped for positing the above information, as I was gently informed that modern Italic is very different from medieval Italic, and came AFTER Spencerian and Palmer. It should be noted, some calligraphers feel (very strongly) that Copperplate is an incorrect term albeit very much immersed (and I would argue, irrevocably) in our vocabulary.Įnglish Roundhand, like Spencerian, was a form of handwriting. Palmer is derived from copperplate, which is still mostly 18th century or thereabouts. Copperplate is a general term used to describe the style known as Engrosser's Script, Engraver's Script, or English Roundhand. Spencerian is a slightly more flourished/shaded version of script resembling Business Hand or other types of handwriting taught in American schools (such as the Palmer or Zaner-Bloser method). For those who are confused by the two styles, as Ken inferred, there are several differences besides the majuscules. I actually saw (and learned) Spencerian before Copperplate. The text in Ford Motor Company's logo is written in Spencerian Script, as is the Coca-Cola logo. The spencerian system of penmanship was a huge influence on palmer, who, however, declared it too feminine and ornamental and set out to create his own method. Spencerian Handwriting: The Complete Collection of Theory and Practical. Spencerian Script became the standard across the United States and remained so until the 1920s when the spreading popularity of the typewriter rendered its use as a prime method of business communication obsolete. And it could very well fall under many different categories so this suits as well as any. The Palmer Method of Business Writing Palmer, Austin Norman on.
Two very fine specimens! This is the perfect place for your comparison Ken.
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