Intro

If you like calligraphy, Gothic ornaments as much as I do and you want to take a trip back in time, stay in this tutorial that I am going to share very interesting things with this tool and Template that I have created, based on the Calligraphy of real manuscripts period preserved to this day. In other words, we will take a trip back to the 12th and 13th centuries in Medieval Europe with its great splendor.

• An observation, this that I will share with you is for users who have some Clippy points to access the material; I worked for a long time in the elaboration in the values of sensitivity, directionality, stroke, end of stroke, curves based on period manuscripts (XII - XIII centuries) so that it can have that naturalness of a Medieval pen, hehehehehe, so I think just have put a value (virtual).

The tools can be downloaded from the following link. Read the descriptions very well.

 

https://assets.clip-studio.com/fr-fr/detail?id=1791754

 

Now if I show you. I emphasize that it can be used for details in concept art if it is about medieval Gothic letters in some period object (book, Parchment, etc)

Template

First, I have created a template with exact dimensions to perform the Gothic Calligraphy of the 12th and 13th centuries, periods of the emergence of what we know as the Gothic period in Medieval art and architecture, although the term was coined in the Renaissance! (Art history fact, inevitable) .... here is a sample of the template

It has two main functions, space to make lower case letters, and space to make capital letters .... you will see .... in Summary; In the lower part, that is, from the lighter blue line to the lower Red line, we will work on the lower case dimensions. and between the two blue lines the Capitals, so we have the remaining spaces for ornaments in case you want to put ornaments on the beautiful letters.

Lowercase general stroke

I will show you how the main stroke works in the Gothic style. I'll make a lowercase letter "N". In this case we work in strokes from bottom to top and from left to right, it is the correct way to make Gothic letters, and one of its characteristics is diamond points.

Main strokes

I will show you how the lines work, and how they are made as if you were a scribe druid from the Middle Ages. hehehe. In principle, Gothic letters are characterized by a line known as "Quadrato" or "Textualis Quadrata" that is to say, in general, the shapes are square in their general spectrum. I'm going to write "Clip" in the Gothic style in lowercase space, as I mentioned earlier ...

You see, CLIP in the best real Gothic style!

Or here with a more spaced style, feel free to generate your own styles with medieval aesthetics in the letters with this nib, since between century and century there are too many aesthetic variations during the era of the splendor of the medieval earring!

Capital Letters

Here I will show you how I made a Capital letter, in this case the initial of my name "S"

As I told you, we work the Capitals between the darker blue lines, the stroke must be made from left to right, ending lightly ... I made the pen in such a way that the stroke has a delicate curve at the end It must be taken into account that all the letters are worked part by part so that the calligraphy is corresponding and very harmonious.

Let's say this capital is very English style. hehe

Final

and finally, I made the text you see at the beginning of this tutorial, following the parameters of these dimensions. I have practice in calligraphy, I suppose that is why I did it with a certain naturalness, but I recommend you practice a lot; This is another of the things that I am passionate about in art and aesthetics and well I share it with you. I hope you liked it, it has nurtured you and taught you something! don't forget that the materials are available in the ASSETS section of Clip Studio!

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Observation

Work the calligraphy with a high resolution; And on the template make a new "vector layer", work with vector layer! In order not to lose quality and especially if you want to make a perfect letter and an original lettering design in Medieval style you can modify the vectors and the strokes.