How it works
Calligraphy capital letters, A to Z on one sheet with no small letters beside them. The page opens on Mrs Saint Delafield, a signature script, and More options holds five more sets, on to Roman and blackletter capitals.
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Fancy calligraphy capital letters in six sets
Mrs Saint Delafield and Herr Von Muellerhoff are signature scripts with long entry strokes and a steep lean. Monsieur La Doulaise wraps every capital in loops. Cinzel Decorative is Roman capitals with swashes on K, Q and R among others. UnifrakturCook is blackletter, and Almendra is a plainer pen hand between chancery and gothic.
Decorative calligraphy capital letters as initials
Type one capital and it fills the page, large enough to trace as the first letter of a name or a chapter. Under Look, Pen weight thickens the hairlines, which are very fine in the three scripts, and Hollow prints outlines.
Questions and answers
Can I see the small letters beside the capitals?
Yes. Set Letters to Capital and small and each capital is paired with its small letter. Cinzel Decorative has no small letters and prints a plain capital in that place.
Which set of capitals is the easiest to copy by hand?
Almendra: upright, heavy and free of loops. Cinzel Decorative comes next, plain Roman shapes with a few swashes. The three signature scripts lean steeply and are mostly hairlines and loops.
Why are flourished capitals hard to read?
A flourish is an added stroke: the more loops a capital carries, the less of its plain shape shows. Monsieur La Doulaise adds the most here, so its sheet is the one to check letter by letter against a plainer set.