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[Pterodactylus]

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Edited January 5, 2014 by Pterodactylus

[SuperNib44]

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I spend a lot of time looking at old documents, maybe I can explain. Up until parts of the nineteenth century, the long "s" was commonly used in English. It was even used in printed material (Example http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/artifacts/zooms/gazette_bf28mar87/TileGroup0/2-0-0.jpg ). Different writers and printers used the long s differently. Benjamin Franklin even wrote an essay detailing the benefits of using the letter. Sometimes the letter is almost identical to the letter f. This website has almost too much information on the topic. http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2006/06/rules-for-long-s.html.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I see it in my old facsimile cookbooks. Which can be a laugh.

[GClef]

 

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[Sailor Kenshin]

I do that myself, except with cleaning the house. 'Wasting' time with fountain pens would be waaay better.

[Pterodactylus]

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[GClef]

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[catholiccomposer]

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[Sailor Kenshin]

Must...know...ink...pen...paper!

[catholiccomposer]

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Edited January 20, 2014 by catholiccomposer

[Sailor Kenshin]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[Sinistral1]

catholiccomposer:

 

You have entered a world apart here amongst us fountain pen lovers. As with many hobbies and especially the creative ones, the variables are huge and the rules are few, and while others have their preferences and opinions, only you get to decide on what "tools" you like to work with and whether or not the outcome suits your fancy.

 

Generally speaking, as someone who has been studying and doing "Calligraphy" since I was in my early teens, the fine art of Calligraphy, with all the alphabets and variations, is usually not done using a fountain pen. Most Calligraphers use dip pens and nibs to control the ink and to achieve as "crisp" an edged line as possible. The inks, papers, etc. for calligraphy are very different from the pens, inks, papers, etc. that are used in and with fountain pens.

 

In my opinion, where the world of fine art calligraphy and the world of fountain pens come together is with the "flexible" nibs found in vintage fountain pens, usually American, made from the 1890s to the 1940s. These nibs, combined with the right pen and ink and paper and in the hand of a skilled and artistically inclined writer, become the fabled pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

 

Fear not - lots of fountain pen users also love to write beautifully with their pens, but while their "hand" might be very pleasing to look at, it's generally not "calligraphy" in the strictest sense of the word.

 

By the way, if you are familiar with the illuminated or illustrated manuscripts of old, then you are looking at Calligraphy, IMHO.

[GClef]

 

 

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[WaskiSquirrel]

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[Sinistral1]

Ah-hem, Mr. GClef:

 

For your consideration, an illustrative tutuguan -

 

 

Itoya marker, felt tip, 1.0 italic, purple

Eversharp Symphony, fine semi-flex, Mont Blanc Leonardo di Vinci chalk red

Waterman 14, wet noodle, Diamine Marine

Waterman Gentleman, blue, extra fine soft nib, Noodlers 54th Massachusetts

 

Am I off the hook?

[Pterodactylus]

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[Sinistral1]