Cheryl Tefft - Intro To Gothic - Sept 5, 2025

Think You Know Italic? Think Again. Sure, you've probably dabbled in italic—maybe even taught a workshop or two. But here's the thing that'll mess with your head: italic wasn't created by some monastery monk perfecting letterforms for centuries. It was invented by overworked Renaissance clerks who were basically the medieval equivalent of that coworker who types 90 words per minute while everyone else hunts and pecks. These guys needed to crank out papal documents fast, so they took the gorgeous but painfully slow formal scripts and said "what if we just... leaned everything forward and smooshed it together?" The result? Pure magic. Italic gives you that rare combo of "I can actually write at human speed" while still looking like you spent three hours on each word. And here's what nobody tells you in those beginner books: the real beauty of italic isn't in the slant—it's in how the letters crash into each other just right, creating this rhythm that's almost musical. Once you feel it, you'll never go back to those perfectly spaced foundational hands. Trust me on this one.

Intro To Gothic
Cheryl Tefft, Hosted By Calligraphy Crush Magazine

Sept 5

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

Registration Link: https://calligraphy-classes.com/intro-to-italics