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arconom

Nov 10 2007, 06:35 PM

I'm looking at purchasing a calligraphy set at my local store. After going to 2 stores they have very nice beginner set for calligraphy but when I look at contents of the box I never see "italic nib" or anything of the sort. I see numbers listed in reference to the nib size?

I see fine,medium,broad.

http://www.pencity.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.ex...y.htm?E+scstore

Hélène

Nov 10 2007, 06:51 PM

they are italic nibs, the fine is approx. 1mm, I have forgotten how wide medium and broad are.

arconom

Nov 10 2007, 06:55 PM

QUOTE(Hélène @ Nov 10 2007, 01:51 PM) [snapback]415464[/snapback]

they are italic nibs, the fine is approx. 1mm, I have forgotten how wide medium and broad are.

Thank You. This explains why I I didn't see "italic" on any of the sets.

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