Broad (or Edged) Pen Calligraphy

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2. Books on Italic Handwriting and Calligraphy 1 2 3 4

   By BillTheEditor, January 9, 2007
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   • txomsy
   • January 29, 2019

3. Vintage Osmiroid calligraphy set

   By dragos.mocanu, November 21, 2025
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   • Beechwood
   • November 21, 2025

4. All right! How do I correctly write at a 15 degree or so slant with a broad-edge fountain pen nib??

   By PhiloPlume, September 23, 2025
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   • PhiloPlume
   • September 25, 2025

5. can anyone point me to an exemplar of this type of cadeaux?

   By david singleton, August 9, 2025   

   • cadeau
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   • D B Holtz
   • August 13, 2025

6. What is "branching"?

   By PhiloPlume, January 3, 2025
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   • Penguincollector
   • January 6, 2025

8. This is Italic, right? 1 2 3 4

   By PhiloPlume, October 19, 2024
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   • Detman101
   • March 25

9. Pens and nibs for italic to write this small? 1 2 3

   By PhiloPlume, April 13, 2024
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   • Mercian
   • April 19, 2024

10. Alternatives to pilot parallel

    By JacobP, November 15, 2022
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    • WWN3
    • February 8, 2024

11. torah scroll writing 1 2 3

    By HikerIsaac, October 2, 2022   

    • inks
    • dip pen
    • 48 replies
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    • XYZZY
    • March 11, 2024

12. Opus 88/Pilot Parallel Hack

    By dms525, March 5, 2022   

    • calligraphy nib
    • pilot parallel
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      • calligraphy nib
      • pilot parallel
      • opus 88
      • nib swap
    • 11 replies
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    • amberleadavis
    • May 1, 2022

13. Third edition of Jaqueline Svaren's classic "Written Letters"

    By dms525, October 4, 2021   

    • calligraphy
    • calligraphy instuction
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      • calligraphy
      • calligraphy instuction
      • reed college
      • jaki svaren
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    • dms525
    • October 4, 2021

14. An uncial sample - G B Shaw quotation

    By dms525, January 31, 2021   

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    • g b shaw
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    • dms525
    • November 2, 2022

15. Fooling Around Today, Anticipating This Week's Virtual Scriptorium

    By dms525, October 1, 2020   

    • italic calligraphy
    • reed college
    • 11 replies
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    • dms525
    • May 4, 2021

16. For Your Viewing Pleasure

    By Karmachanic, September 27, 2020   

    • caligraphy video
    • caligraphy
    • 4 replies
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    • Karmachanic
    • October 13, 2020

17. Pen-Ink Matching For Italic Calligraphy

    By dms525, July 24, 2020
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    • dms525
    • July 24, 2020

18. X-Height And Script Weight

    By dms525, July 11, 2020   

    • italic calligraphy
    • 18 replies
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    • inkstainedruth
    • February 1, 2022

19. Girl Anchorite's Manual - Too Precious To Leave Britain

    By sidthecat, January 17, 2020
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    • Freddy
    • October 13, 2020

20. Italic Versions Of The Minuscule 's' And 'd' 1 2

    By bobje, August 12, 2019   

    • italic
    • minuscule
    • 35 replies
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    • A Smug Dill
    • December 29, 2019

21. Calligraphy Dvds

    By Ryan5, January 8, 2019
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    • pen2paper
    • January 14, 2019

22. Learning The "spanish" Hand

    By txomsy, December 23, 2018
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    • txomsy
    • January 29, 2019