Reddit reviews Italic Letters: Calligraphy and Handwriting
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No problem. As for the videos/instructional materials, there are too many to count! The hands down best instruction I got was from a book (it might have been this one, it looks similar and I think it was by the same authors, though I honestly don't remember, sorry -- it's been a few years and I no longer have it).
When it comes to writing -- calligraphy, or improving penmanship, or brushwork, or even italic or Spencerian -- your eyes are your best teacher, and videos don't really have that because they're moving a bit too fast to really study what's happening, IMO.
What a video can show you is how to hold a pen, and how to get into a rhythm that will speed and even out your letterforms, but your best friend is simply looking at the writing you want to emulate, steadily and repeatedly, because that's what will stay in your head as you're actually shaping the letters. Still pictures and charts are the best bet for that, plus you can refer to them as needed and even print out reference pieces.
But as an ex-calligrapher (essential tremor killed it, in case you're wondering about the "ex") the one thing I can tell you before you look at any of it is that in your particular case, it will be most important to learn to hold the nib at a consistent 45 degree angle.
You already have the ruler-straight ascenders and descenders, you already have the line management you need (keeping things straight and even and at consistent heights/depths), and you already have the letterforms, which you will see.
The one thing you don't have is a stub or italic nib held at a consistent 45 degree angle as you write. It's not hard, but it WILL take practice, and it won't be overnight. But learn that one skill, and it's really not an overstatement to say that writing as you already do, it will turn into italic calligraphy.
Go look at some pics and you'll see how close your writing already is. BTW, the second link in the search I linked to above has a really good overview. Hope all this helps. Good luck!