What angle do you hold the pen ?

[wykpenguin]

For the lack of a protractor, I resulted in constructing 30 and 45 deg angles by origami. I can only report between 30-45 closer to 45. Eyeball estimate is 40.

 

20 for using flex nib dip pens but then I use a different hold than writing.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Thank you,

I am trying to re-learn how to write with a fountain pen. I think I failed that course as a child. Eventually my writing became so bad I became a printer..

I think it was because of being in a hurry and trying to save expensive paper. Any excuse will do. Slow drying ink might be another.

I find that I hold the pen a bit differently if posted or not. If posted I hold it a half an inch up from the end.

I had a Parker 75 sitting in my wife's jewelry box for some 30 years, and was going to flea market some inherited pens that sat in a drawer for some 10 or so years. One was an Esterbrook, and after looking it up in the net, I did the same for the others. So now I have a fountain pen collection.

To my shame, I have horrible hand writing. Odd, it never shamed me before it was just a fact of life. Now with a collection of fountain pins, I have to learn to write.

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

"Sailor Kenshin," a hooked writer, notes that s/he can't do math.

 

"Sailor," are you male or female?

And are you left-handed, or do you belong to the rare 1% - 2% of right-handed "hooked" writers?

 

(I ask this for reasons related to some of the brain research into handedness and its inter-relations with hemispheric dominance and hooked/non-hooked writing position -- once "Sailor" answers, I'll give the details to explain why I asked, and will probably start a poll related to the findings.)

 

 

I'm left-handed, and can count up to ten.

[AndyH]

I'm pretty much 45 degrees, but vary a bit depending on the surface, speed, and pen. When I'm printing or doing a combination of printing/italic it seems to ride higher, more like 50 to 55. With a flexy nib or when attempting calligraphy, it's lower, probably about 40.

[Randal6393]

Thank you,

I am trying to re-learn how to write with a fountain pen. I think I failed that course as a child. Eventually my writing became so bad I became a printer..

I think it was because of being in a hurry and trying to save expensive paper. Any excuse will do. Slow drying ink might be another.

I find that I hold the pen a bit differently if posted or not. If posted I hold it a half an inch up from the end.

I had a Parker 75 sitting in my wife's jewelry box for some 30 years, and was going to flea market some inherited pens that sat in a drawer for some 10 or so years. One was an Esterbrook, and after looking it up in the net, I did the same for the others. So now I have a fountain pen collection.

To my shame, I have horrible hand writing. Odd, it never shamed me before it was just a fact of life. Now with a collection of fountain pins, I have to learn to write.

 

Bo Bo, I find that people with "horrible" handwriting often are better-than-average students at improving their handwriting -- when they discover what works for them and discover what they are "doing wrong". Most that I meet are mistaught and often have hang-ups about handwriting dating from elementary school days. Hang in there and start by reading about handwriting. There are many articles about improving one's hand on the Internet and many good books on the same subject.

 

I was taught to write a word out fully without moving the paper or my hand and to never remove the pen from the page until I finished the full word. Can you imagine the freedom that came from learning I could readjust my hand? It eliminated 90 % of the cramping and crabbing. That -- more than anything else -- changed writing from a chore into a pleasant experience for me.

 

Blessed be,

Edited April 24, 2009 by Randal6393

[WendyNC]

I was taught to write a word out fully without moving the paper or my hand and to never remove the pen from the page until I finished the full word. Can you imagine the freedom that came from learning I could readjust my hand?

 

Hah! You can break that rule without the page bursting into flames or triggering the end of the world? Are you sure?