The trick is to maintain a steady hand to keep the line straight and constant. Create an “l” using the same process as creating the “i.” The difference here is that the minim will be longer by several nib lengths.

You can also repeat this tick move to dot the “i.” This time, keeping your pen at the same angle when you reach the bottom, draw the pen up and to the right at the opposite 45 degree angle to make a thin upward tick like a tail.

Starting in the center, bottom portion of the lozenge, still holding the pen at a 45 degree angle, draw the pen straight down to create the stem, or minim, of the “i.” Repeat the process of creating a lozenge to cap off the bottom of the letter. This is the top of your “i” and is known as a lozenge. Draw the pen in the same direction as the nib is angled until you have made a diamond with approximately equal sides.

Ink your pen and place it on your blank piece of paper with the tip at a 45 degree angle.

This will be the basis for the rest of your practice. These two letters also involve only one simple line. Start simple with the letters “i” and “l.” Lower case letters are generally less elaborate in the Old English alphabet and therefore easier to begin with.

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