The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa

Fraktur: Broken by Design is a course designed for beginners who have never used a pen before through intermediates wishing to learn this script or brush up their skills. Fraktur is by far the most adaptable and widely-travelled Gothic script, having enjoyed hundreds of years of use from the 16th century and still sees much use in modern works f…

Join CSO Instructor Susan Pinard for this beginner course, exploring Foundational and Uncial scripts. Students will create a piece with their own alphabet sentence. We will also try out versals and knotwork.

Linda Hillier & Rick Draffin present a six-week course designed for those who have already studied italics & wish to take it to the next level. We will use script analysis & introduce pen manipulation techniques to revitalize the script. Course will also help refine layout when preparing a final piece.

This class will explore the uncial script, written in a modern style and one in a flat​ pen angle version. As well, we play with Aidan Meehan's capital letters. There will be a project to work on, to be presented at the last class.

Important Note: No class on November 21st

Foundational with a taste of Romans will be a course designed for beginners or those more experienced calligraphers who want to refine pen skills and learn more about this script. Foundational is a wonderful script to learn. It is very historical and does provide a good model for learning pen and ink skills. To provide capitals, we will be …