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Not exactly what you need, but Y Gordon's "Book
of Letters from Аа to Яя" does show some of that.

hhp

@ Clauses, what does "[track]" mean?
@ Hrant, thanks.

Ramiro, you might try this. I remember "thumbing through" this some years ago. Don't remember if there were any ductus pieces in there but it was worth the spin.

http://calligraphy-expo.com/eng/AboutCalligraphy/Library/LibraryOnLine.a...

I will look through some of my Russian stash and see what I can find.

Thanks!

"Book of Letters From Аа to Яя" is out of print :(

Did you see the PDF extract? It might help you decide to pursue it or not:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/izdal/kniga_pro_bykvy/Gordon-Aa.pdf

BTW, looking for that PDF I ran into a full (albeit lo-res) download of the book! :-/
The thing is, in cases where it's not possible to buy a copy* I have no problem
pointing to such a resouce:
http://www.filestube.com/64o0BOFeqiHMMsdzwSgNQj/Gordon-Yurii-Kniga-pro-b...
In fact sometimes the author will leak a PDF (to circumvent an intransigent publisher), and I'm all for promoting authors over publishers.

* Getting a used one does not compensate the publisher or author, so it's moot.

hhp

@Ramiro - The track page on your user profile keeps track of what threads you have commented on. A "[track]" or a period is just the canonical comment for when you just want to follow a thread on the track page.

hi Ramiro,

i have a brilliant one for you: Serbian calligraphy guide from 18. century
http://scc.digital.nb.rs/document/S-II-0887

unfortunately, calligraphic script, based on any teaching book (anyway, we haven't a lot of it) will be looked dated, even if you use some more modern, like a Villu Toots schemes from middle of 20. century. here is some pictures
http://www.callig.ru/practics/ex-toots-widepero-1
http://www.callig.ru/practics/ex-toots-widepero-2
...

and beautiful Vera Evstafieva's black script for your inspiration
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/infonta/amalta/

i know, it is not exactly what you need, sorry.

Thanks Andrijko and Hrant for the good stuff you shared.

I also would like to share the samples Vera Evstafieva just sent me. I think they are great and fill a gap. It is difficult to come back to calligraphy trying to use **modern** post Civil Reform letters because they were quite 'artificial' and broke connection with written forms.
But Vera developed a very didactic and consistent model to teach her students. I find it also very beautiful.

She allowed me to share it here, but please, mention the author if you use it in any way. If you want to reproduce it also ask Vera.

Vera nice of you! ;-)

hhp

Thanks!

wow. Cool stuff Ramiro!

спасибо

Ramiro, ‘Cyrillic equivalents of the Johnston’s “Foundational” hand or a similar humanistic model’ do exist. However, to me, and to many other users of Cyrillic, most of them look and feel decidedly unauthentic. It’s just that the revival of italic handwriting, the way it is known in the West, never took root in the Cyrillic-using lands. After all, there was nothing to revive: Cyrillic italic emerged only in 1730s as a printing type, complementary to roman—not as a formal, or informal, writing style. In the 20th century there have been quite a few attempts to acculturate the Cyrillic-based broad-nib calligraphy at a steady stress angle. Among its proponents were Villu Toots, Hildegard Korger, Ilya Bogdesco, Jovica Veljović, and many others. Leonid Pronenko and Petro Chobyťko are still working very hard on that. You can also find some interesting examples on tipometar.org.

I find it significant that the samples you’ve posted here are in fact showings of the conventional typographic, not flowing, cursive forms—just rendered with the broad- and pointed-nib pens.

Speaking of the real-life pointed-pen handwriting. The style that was indeed dominant in Cyrillic penmanship, and taught in all schools, is this:

Incidentally, Yuri Gordon’s book is not about calligraphy or handwriting.

> Yuri Gordon’s book is not about calligraphy or handwriting.

Sure. It just shows a lot of historical examples of non-typographic letterforms.

hhp

Not instructions, per se, but some calligraphic Cyrillic letters by Oldřich Menhart from Nauka O Písmu

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauldhunt/5951386085/in/photostream/lightbox/