Spencerian writing

[manoeuver]

Quick question, and certainly not a judgement of anyone, but do any of the participants here use guidelines for Spencerian practice? As I understand, not well at all really, the slants should be around 52 degrees (I think). Having said that, I sometimes write this way without guidelines and choose a slant that simply looks good to the eye. (I probably should use a guide to help with uniformity)

I've used the guide sheets that come with Michael Sull's American Cursive Handwriting, which is based on Spencerian script (basically it's Spencerian without the shades, or flexed thicker lines.) They work a treat.