Intro to French Roundhand Workshop

In this workshop, you will be learning the French Roundhand, a style of lettering with a lovely flow that is easy to learn. This style of lettering is easy and quick to execute and can be decorated in a number of ways. You will be surprised at how many uses you can find for this style. 

We will start with the basics strokes, spacing and proportion of the miniscule (small) letters and continue with an introduction to the majuscule (capital) letters. We will also talk about the families of letters as well as letter and word spacing. At the end of the workshop you will know how to write in this beautiful style and will be able to use it to decorate your letters and cards.

*All materials, handouts and tools will be provided

This is a great workshop for all levels of students.

ABOUT SALMAN KHATTAK
Salman has been practicing Calligraphy since he was a teenager. He started a serious study of Arabic and Western Calligraphy 15 years ago and has been teaching both online and in person workshops for many years. He also was co-host of the monthly Toronto Calligraphy Meetups that were held at Paper Plus Cloth pre covid. 

As a member of the Calligraphic Arts Guild of Toronto, Salman practices and teaches a number of scripts including Uncial, Gothic styles (Batarde, Fraktur, Blacketter (Textura)), Italic and Foundational as well as Copperplate, Engrosser's script and Spencerian. You can see examples of his work at: https://expressions-art.com/calligraphy-gallery/