Handwriting with fountain pens
A personal handwriting practice hobby using different fountain pens, centered on finding nibs that suit small handwriting. Italic/stub calligraphy nibs provide line variation through nib angle rather than pressure, and the 0.6 mm italic nib from Manuscript's Creative Calligraphy set works well with the author's natural handwriting.
What it addresses
Standard fountain pen nibs vary stroke width through pressure and parallel pulling rather than nib angle, and stub/italic nibs below 1 mm are hard to find, which led to spending a few hundred dollars trying different nibs before discovering the Manuscript set.
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Handwriting with fountain pens
A personal handwriting practice hobby using different fountain pens, centered on finding nibs that suit small handwriting. Italic/stub calligraphy nibs provide line variation through nib angle rather than pressure, and the 0.6 mm italic nib from Manuscript's Creative Calligraphy set works well with the author's natural handwriting.
Problem: Standard fountain pen nibs vary stroke width through pressure and parallel pulling rather than nib angle, and stub/italic nibs below 1 mm are hard to find, which led to spending a few hundred dollars trying different nibs before discovering the Manuscript set.
Posted by @azriel91 · Original comment ↗
“Handwriting with different fountain pens. I discovered that a relatively inexpensive 0.6 mm italic nib from Manuscript's Creative Calligraphy set works well with my natural handwriting, it looks "good" even when I'm just starting out.”