Handwriting Sample

[xsquared]

I just received my Parker 51 vac from dannzeman. I loaded it up with some Pelikan Brilliant Black, and here are the first strokes out of the pen. Paper is a cheap 6"x9" Ampad Writing Pad, great for writing letters. Writing with the Parker was amazing---I won't be able to put it down for a few days.

 

I'd like to hear what you think of the handwriting--my every day college note-taking chicken scratch.

 

Thanks,

xsquared

 

http://csel.cs.colorado.edu/~tonm/DSCN1196.JPG

 

 

[rroossinck]

Good stuff, Mike!

 

Which of Dan's 51s did you get?

[Big Bob]

i like it (much better than mine anyway) !!!

[xsquared]

Good stuff, Mike!

 

Which of Dan's 51s did you get?

 

I got a black 51 with a steel cap and a fine nib. So far I've been quite happy with it. The pen seems to be writing quite well and I can't put it down. A three page letter to Grandma and I'm looking for more to write.

 

xsquared

[caliken]

 

IMO this is nice, clear, legible handwriting which is very even on the page.

Edited June 24, 2009 by caliken

[dannzeman]

hey, I'm glad you're enjoying that pen! If you ever decide you need another one let me know.

Nice handwriting, btw, its unique.

[willisoften]

It's a lot better than I can do, I can't write that legibly at anything close to note-taking speed - but as you wanted a critique, to be picky: capital G looks a bit Y-ish or maybe upright. Occasionally I read your "be" as "he".

[PatientType]

Fairly consistent, good slant, quite legible. Your handwriting style is much like mine. When I go very slow and focus on clarity I can almost match what you have here. I'm experimenting now with stylized printing to give the page a little spritz. That is REALLY slow but it looks almost decent. I'm also starting to practice copying some of the cursive fonts. I write the way I was taught and that's IT. I'd like to be able to write in several styles.

 

It is fun to write with a good pen after years of ballpoints.

[dashreeve]

It looks just like my handwriting, except better. Did we have the same writing teacher in elementary school?

[xsquared]

IMO this is nice, clear, legible handwriting which is very even on the page.

 

If I could only produce anything like your work....

 

Thanks for all the comments. I was taught "cursive" in 3rd grade (1st and 2nd focused primarily on print). For a while I used print, but when I got into fountain pens I naturally drifted back to print. It seems very natural with a fountain pen--it makes me wonder how different my handwriting would be had I learned on a FP.

 

-xsquared

[wykpenguin]

Much more beautiful and legible than my chicken scratch. Evenly spaced and uniformly slanted.

 

The thing about handwriting is that you are used to your own handwriting. I tried to take notes in business script for a while and I found that I couldn't read them afterwards (at least not as quickly as my usual chicken scratch).