What Is Everyone's Favourite Nib Size?

[1nkulus]

... and I don't mean psychics or women of ill-repute.

 

I think that is exactly what you meant, man up and stop skirting the issue.

 

Double broad has been my poison, on numerous occasions.

[dinupravin]

Medium is the size for me

[torstar]

Plain old M

 

[Enkida]

In Lamy pens, I tend to prefer fine nibs, because I like seeing the colour of the ink, but I find the mediums a smidge too fat.

 

If I'm writing in block print, though, I prefer the B nibs or even wider.

For my poor attempts at italic calligraphy, I prefer the 1.1 and 1.5 stubs to the 1.9, with the 1.1 being my favourite.

[thx1138]

B

[RMN]

Depends on the writing task.

 

For normal writing an M or a stub/cursive italic of about 0.8 to 1.0 mm.

 

But for writing in my planner/calendar/agenda (bad paper) F or EF.

 

 

D.ick

[City74]

Broad

[inkstainedruth]

I've expanded my range over the past couple of years, but when push comes to shove I will generally reach for a pen with an F nib first.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[1nkulus]

Japanese EF or F for note-taking (sometimes a Soft-Fine)

Flex for having fun and not being productive.

+1

[cratz2]

My 2000 is Medium and my favorite Safari is Medium.

 

Broad is nice for more characterful inks and I have a couple nice Fines but if I could only keep one, it would 100% be a Medium.

[Mech-for-i]

do not do calligraphy, just want to have decent handwriting and daily use and for that my preferred nib size always be Fine / EF ( depending on the brand )

[Karmachanic]

If you average it out, everyones favorite nib is - M.

[1nkulus]

If you average it out, everyone's favorite nib is - M.

 

 

M for middle.

[Intensity]

M, B, and 1.5mm are the most pleasant to write with in the Lamy steel nib series.

[ParkerDuofold]

Hi all,

 

I prefer medium and broad nibs... I write boldly... and I love to see color,... but w/o needing to be as precise as one has to be with an italic.

 

Be well all... and enjoy life.

 

 

- Anthony

[FromTheNetherlands]

I started of liking F nibs or even EF nibs. But at the moment I tend to like M nibs better. Who knows what nibs I'll end up liking, perhaps BB or even broader.

 

My students won't appreciate the big fat red lines on their tests though... haha

[1nkulus]

My students won't appreciate the big fat red lines on their tests though... haha

 

It'll definitely get the point across, loud and clear.

If they truly hate the 'fat lines' then, they can ensure less errors going forward.

[torstar]

I started of liking F nibs or even EF nibs. But at the moment I tend to like M nibs better. Who knows what nibs I'll end up liking, perhaps BB or even broader.

 

My students won't appreciate the big fat red lines on their tests though... haha

 

i don't recall lines like that, the best was a huge "SUCH IGNORANCE!!!" written on a physics midterm.

 

Still laughing about that one.

[jslallar]

B - just a pleasure to write with

 

or BB - slightly les forging than B but beautiful line variations as most BB are stubs.

 

EF and F is just not me

 

Italics are too demanding fo rmy daily writing

[inkstainedruth]

 

i don't recall lines like that, the best was a huge "SUCH IGNORANCE!!!" written on a physics midterm.

 

Still laughing about that one.

 

I keep thinking about a paper a friend of mine wrote for a class (IIRC, History of Photography). He was supposed to be do a critical analysis of an exhibit of Walker Evans' and someone else's work. And he wrote it as if he was a fifth grader: "What I did When I Went to New Haven", framing the analysis with the "story" of a kid's class trip (including the bus driver getting drunk and driving off without his best friend). I couldn't believe he did it.

OR that he got away with it.... The professor not only gave him a good grade, he wrote "Don't worry about your friend -- they found him under a table at [name] Pizza, having eaten two double pepperoni extra large pizzas. And when asked why, he said he wanted to be an artist when he grew up, and artists have to suffer...."

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth