For those who want to start slow and dip their toe in the water that is calligraphy, monoline calligraphy, handwriting or lettering is where I would start first. It doesn’t require any fancy tools or paperlike some other styles of calligraphy. Just you…

I see modern calligraphy as the best beginner pointed pen script to learn, as consistency, spacing and formatting isn’t as important. Therefore, a beginner can rather focus on learning the letter forms themselves and how to properly use press…

These are blackletter scripts that I started with and therefore are my personal favourite. The pictures are to give you a basic idea of what is possible with broad edge tools. This family of scripts would be, in my humble opinion, the second easiest …