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I thought that this week I would just use my everyday carry pens and also write as I do everyday.

A long quote! Also, that notebook page has such weird lining. Are those the French lines?

And also, are French lines better than 4-5mm lines for Spencerian or Italic practice?

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A long quote! Also, that notebook page has such weird lining. Are those the French lines?

And also, are French lines better than 4-5mm lines for Spencerian or Italic practice?

 

A long quote! - says you who posts 100 times a day! :D

 

Seyes French lines. The blocks are 8mm x 8mm.

Each line is 2mm apart.

 

Not too sure if the pro's would approve but I enjoy it for all types of writing :rolleyes:

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A long quote! - says you who posts 100 times a day! :D

Seyes French lines. The blocks are 8mm x 8mm.

Each line is 2mm apart.

Not too sure if the pro's would approve but I enjoy it for all types of writing :rolleyes:

I'm actually elated by the fact that it's a long quote, more to write, more material to practice with!

Ah yes. I don't watch television, I don't play video games, I mostly read and check the Internet for things when I'm indoors. And I’ve recently graduated, so I’m at home and I can check the computer regularly in-between chores and studying for PhD admission exams.

And thanks for the demonstration on the "seyes"!

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Pen: Leonardo Officina Italiana, steel stub nib.

Ink: Robert Oster Bondi Blue

Paper: Rhodia DotPad

 

Note: I copied from the post proposing this QOTW. However, the poet's name is actually Hilaire Belloc, not Bellac.

 

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Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. - Laurence J. Peter

(That's the guy who came up with the "Peter Principle".)

the cat half awake

and half sleeping on the book

"Quantum Mechanics"

 

(inspired by a German haiku by Tony Böhle)

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Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. - Laurence J. Peter
(That's the guy who came up with the "Peter Principle".)

 

 

It is not quote by Laurence Peter, this is quote from Samuel Langhorne Clemens - genius writer, philosopher and satirist, khows as Mark Twain.

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but please, someone else choose next weeks quote. I am in the UK so it seems I am able to respond earlier than you folk in the USA

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but please, someone else choose next weeks quote.

 

That would then be the next one to post.

Nice handling of the attribution :D

Btw. - when the expression "putting someone on" got into use Clemens had been dead for 50 years :rolleyes:

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Let's get this topic reactivated! Here's a quotation for this week:

 

 

 

Pens: Franklin-Christoph Model 02 and Toshi Nakama, both with F-C music nibs

Inks: F-C Black and Akkerman Garuda Red

Paper: Rhodia DotPad

 

Happy writing!

 

David

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Pen: Unbranded 1.5mm stub.

Ink: Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun.

Paper: Blasetti (an Italian brand).

 

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Slightly refresh the topic :)

 

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.
Natalie Goldberg

 

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