Name: Cheryl Tefft - Intro To Italic - Sept 5, 2025
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Cheryl Tefft - Intro To Italic - Sept 5, 2025

Description

Description

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 Italic
Cheryl Tefft, Hosted By Calligraphy Crush Magazine

Live (Also recorded for later viewing)

Sept 5

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern

Class Cost : $97.00

All Skill Levels

Registration Contact Email: classes@CalligraphyCrush.app

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

Supply List:

General (basic) supplies:

-S271. Ruler, 18” long; metal with cork backing is recommended. Qty: 1
-S632. Protractor. Qty: 1
-E06. White eraser, click-style, or your favorite alternative eraser. Qty: 1

Writing/drawing tools:

-PL21. Pencil—fine-point mechanical pencil recommended, such as the GraphGear 500 with 0.5 mm lead (a favorite). Qty: 1
-FP67. Parallel Pen in 3.8 mm size (or you may substitute your favorite dip pen holder and nib of the same size, such as a Mitchell size 0). Qty: 1

Inks:

-FP69 or FP70. Ink cartridges for Parallel Pen, your choice of color(s) (or a suitable alternative ink for the pen you are using). Qty: at least 2 cartridges (or equivalent amount in alternative ink)

Papers:

-P22, P56, P55, P38, or P80. Grid paper, non-bleeding, letter-size/A4 or larger, with approximately 11×17” size suggested if available. Rhodia brand is highly recommended. Qty: About 10 sheets.
-P214. Optional: Blank Rhodia paper, or similar non-bleeding blank practice paper; letter-size/A4 or larger. Qty: About 10 sheets.
-P09-50, P32, or P203. Optional, for later: Layout bond paper or layout marker paper, letter-size/A4 or larger. Qty: about 10 sheets