Calligraphy, ContinuedGuidelinesGuidelines for calligraphy are the same as the guidelines for general lettering.There is a capline, baseline, waistline, line of ascent, and line of descent.Vertical guidelines or lines of inclination indicate the vertical orientation ofletters. If you are lettering letters with kerns, you may want to add a branchline. A branch line uniformly indicates where kerns are to meet letterstems. Draw a branch line at an arbitrary distance between the waistline andbaseline.Figure 5-61 shows the placement and purpose of branch lines.Figure 5-61.—The placement of branch lines.Continued on next page5-57
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