Fp Quote

[KCat]

I didn't make any artistic efforts. This is written with a Binder .9mm oblique, PR Avacado. The quote is from "Music from Spain" by Eudora Welty. i included an image that is a close-up of some of the words - i dunno why but I liked it.

 

http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/founts/gleamed2.jpg

 

 

http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/founts/gleamed3.jpg

 

photographed.

[Free Citizen]

Hey, that is very nice. And what a beautiful writing you have. Love that ink. Here is mine for the day;

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/FreeCitizen/Rambling%20Snail/msg0492901.jpg

[georgem]

Oh My! I am truly humbled. Not only does my handwriting not even approach this level, but my daughter commented when I mentioned that a fountain pen would always be a thoughtful gift, "But dad -- your handwriting is awful! Why do you want a nice pen?"

 

She was (and is still correct). But she gave me a pen that I enjoy using and despite my poor efforts, I firmly believe that anything worth doing is also worth doing poorly, if that is all one can do.

 

On my long list of things to do is to make an honest effort to improve my handwriting.

 

In Awe.

 

George

[KCat]

On my long list of things to do is to make an honest effort to improve my handwriting.

 

In Awe.

 

George

George,

 

my handwriting is hideous under normal circumstances. I can, with some effort and a good italic pen, confuse people enough to think otherwise. But with a fine nib - yikes!

 

Still - I think it has improved drastically in the past few years. I dunno - probably should ask a couple of long-time snail friends to judge that one. And it varies of course - if I'm tired when I write or in a hurry it will be henscratch. If I'm medicated with my night meds they tend to relax me and my writing gets large and loopy and yet oddly more legible.

 

I have "Write Now" and have sworn I would work my way through it completely and with daily practice as I truly believe doing so would improve my hand. Until I really commit to that and make it happen, folks will have to be happy with what they get. :-)

 

Your daughter's comment is cute but what we get out of a nice pen isn't always in the ink on paper but the enjoyment of the process. FPs connect us to our thoughts in ways that other writing instruments do not. It isnt' always a better way - just a different one.

 

I still write as much with an FP as I do on a computer btb. :-)

always - KCat the Verbose

[Guest Denis Richard]

i included an image that is a close-up of some of the words - i dunno why but I liked it.

 

http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/founts/gleamed3.jpg

There is something extremely elegant and powerful in that "the".

[Free Citizen]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/FreeCitizen/msg04103010.jpg

 

http://donnayoung.org/pen/cursive.htm