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Hello, I am Richard from Charlottesville, Virginia, and I am currently a 3-rd year undergraduate student. 

 

I am really a newbie in calligraphy and fountain pens. It has been almost 10 years since I last used fountain pens in my elementary school. Generally speaking, I think my handwriting is legible but it is not aesthetic and stable, which really bothers me. The first attached picture is my current handwriting. Recently, as I am having some free time during the summer break, I made up my mind to systematically learn to write English more consistently and more beautifully. After doing a little bit research, I found cursive italic seemed to be the one that really captured my heart, which I thought should be the one in the red box in the second attached picture (credit to Caliken). I have read the post below, in which several friends suggested some books: "Write Now" by Getty & Dubay, Tom Gourdie's "Italic Handwriting" or "Handwriting for Today", Italic Letters: Calligraphy and Handwriting by Inga Dubay and Barbara Getty, and Caliken's "Italic Variants". Do these books serve a good guidance for starters to learn cursive italic? I really hope I could get some guidance on where I should start.

 

Also, is it possible that I could get some recommendations on pens that are fit for cursive italic? I am currently using Pilot G2 Gel Pens with a nib size of 0.7mm. 

 

Really appreciate any suggestions.

 

Sincerely,

Richard W. 

   

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Greetings from a sunny and hot Vancouver BC, and :W2FPN:

Richard, your handwriting is perfectly legible. Interestingly, I understood much of your writing about database design -- before I retired a few months ago my work involved IT (Information Technology). Good luck with your learning.

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7 minutes ago, tmurfet said:

Greetings from a sunny and hot Vancouver BC, and :W2FPN:

Richard, your handwriting is perfectly legible. Interestingly, I understood much of your writing about database design -- before I retired a few months ago my work involved IT (Information Technology). Good luck with your learning.

Cheers, Anthony.

Wow! Thank you. I wish you will have a really joyful retired life. 

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Welcome to FPN. I'm glad to see that you are enjoying fountain pens.

 

I suggest that you head over to Reddit's handwriting forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/ 

 

If you post something there and ask for a critique, they will offer lots of helpful suggestions. There are also links to handwriting books that are in the public domain. 

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9 minutes ago, Frank C said:

Welcome to FPN. I'm glad to see that you are enjoying fountain pens.

 

I suggest that you head over to Reddit's handwriting forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/ 

 

If you post something there and ask for a critique, they will offer lots of helpful suggestions. There are also links to handwriting books that are in the public domain. 

Not a huge fan of reddit, but I will try this time. Thank you very much. 

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Hi Richard  :W2FPN:

 

24 minutes ago, northstar said:

Hello and welcome to FPN.

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Richard-n the book by Getty and Dubay, titled, "Write Now" provides very good instruction in the modern italic style. I use the book extensively, especially after I suffered numerous strokes a few years back that left my right side paralysed. As I have recovered, I had to relearn to write with a fountain pen, and  Write Now was the book folks in the fountain pen community recommended.

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On 6/26/2021 at 10:13 AM, WindyDay1056 said:

Hello, I am Richard from Charlottesville, Virginia, and I am currently a 3-rd year undergraduate student. 

 

I am really a newbie in calligraphy and fountain pens. It has been almost 10 years since I last used fountain pens in my elementary school. Generally speaking, I think my handwriting is legible but it is not aesthetic and stable, which really bothers me. The first attached picture is my current handwriting. Recently, as I am having some free time during the summer break, I made up my mind to systematically learn to write English more consistently and more beautifully. After doing a little bit research, I found cursive italic seemed to be the one that really captured my heart, which I thought should be the one in the red box in the second attached picture (credit to Caliken). I have read the post below, in which several friends suggested some books: "Write Now" by Getty & Dubay, Tom Gourdie's "Italic Handwriting" or "Handwriting for Today", Italic Letters: Calligraphy and Handwriting by Inga Dubay and Barbara Getty, and Caliken's "Italic Variants". Do these books serve a good guidance for starters to learn cursive italic? I really hope I could get some guidance on where I should start.

 

Also, is it possible that I could get some recommendations on pens that are fit for cursive italic? I am currently using Pilot G2 Gel Pens with a nib size of 0.7mm. 

 

Really appreciate any suggestions.

 

Sincerely,

Richard W. 

   

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Hi, @WindyDay1056

 

Welcome aboard!  Your handwriting is perfectly legible, even nice.  You should easily be able to learn italic.   The key to consistency is speed, slant, and spacing.   

 

Do you have any italic nib pens?  Lamy and TWSBI Eco are fine for learning, and inexpensive.

 

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I've used Getty and Dubay and I agree it's good. I do actually slightly prefer Fred Eager's Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting, though--I think his italic model is a little nicer looking.

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A belated welcome to FPN. Your handwriting is quite nice, unlike mine.

 

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