The Calligraphy Thread

[Dave258]

Here is the scan for that blackletter.

Cool, thanks!

 

[jzuzphreek]

All 4, the true B&B way!

Whew!!! For a second I thought I'd only get 1 enable point!!

 

[syngent]

It started okay,...


then...

I got distracted

and started playing with my new toys,.... sorry

 

[jzuzphreek]

woah.. weird. What's that in the last pic?

 

[syngent]

Its a brush pen... pen tube brush "nib"

 

[ShinyRex]

Its a brush pen... pen tube brush "nib"

I love brush pens, and I use them when I work on my Japanese.
I have a Kaimei that I have cherished for years and luckily I bought it over seas so i got it for a 4th of the cost in the U.S.
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Pic is a stock pic from Amazon

 

[jzuzphreek]

uh oh....

 

[syngent]

Mine a 3 for 5 dollar came with a free rainbow pencil from ebay heros lol

 

[jzuzphreek]

haha! cool!

 

[ShinyRex]

as long as it springs back like a real brush it is all good. I have only had issues with the stiff felt or solid rubber ones.

 

[Dave258]

Looks good to me James! My stuff came in from the Goulets. I just put the ink cart in the 2.4mm, and I am going to try to mess around a bit.

 

[syngent]

Amazing Dave.... nice beans

 

[ShinyRex]

My traditional (old English) penmanship is horrible. Any recommendation on good resources/books for basic learning and practice?

 

[jzuzphreek]

Amazing Dave.... nice beans

I didn't get any jellies when my M-i-L ordered mine... either that, or my wife swiped em when she individually rewrapped everything.... yeah... that's probably it!

Dave, I see your order was a bit more than parallels. The lighting is kinda dark. What inks are those?

 

[Dave258]

I didn't get any jellies when my M-i-L ordered mine... either that, or my wife swiped em when she individually rewrapped everything.... yeah... that's probably it!

Dave, I see your order was a bit more than parallels. The lighting is kinda dark. What inks are those?

Pelikan Brilliant red, Pelikan Brown and Pelikan Violet.

The Parallel is fun to use. I have to pay attention to my angle, and I have a tendency to make the letters rounder than they should be. I need practice for sure!

James, do you do anything with the nib width ladder thing? I have just been eyeballing things.

 

[jzuzphreek]

Pelikan Brilliant red, Pelikan Brown and Pelikan Violet.

The Parallel is fun to use. I have to pay attention to my angle, and I have a tendency to make the letters rounder than they should be. I need practice for sure!

James, do you do anything with the nib width ladder thing? I have just been eyeballing things.

Of course we need pics of your practice.

I make a half box when practicing. 6 nibwidths - I gently tap the paper with the tip of the pen creating a vertical line (with the 6mm pen it's 6 taps in succession), then a horizontal line. I use which ever pen I'm writing with so the scale is right. Does that make any sense at all?

 

[Dave258]

Of course we need pics of your practice.

I make a half box when practicing. 6 nibwidths - I gently tap the paper with the tip of the pen creating a vertical line (with the 6mm pen it's 6 taps in succession), then a horizontal line. I use which ever pen I'm writing with so the scale is right. Does that make any sense at all?

I am sure it makes sense, I just do not understand it!

Here is today's practice

 

[jzuzphreek]

I am sure it makes sense, I just do not understand it!

Here is today's practice

Trust me... it probably just doens't make sense. I'll take a picture later.

Good work though! The E in HELP is missing the little jagged piece. instead of / it should look like <.

 

[Hunter]

Man you guys have some good stuff going, I haven't practiced too much with my blasted cold getting in the way, and when I was feeling better I kept reading or watching Stephen Fry's Planet Word (which is amazing and features one of my bearded heros Brian Blessed) And of course in forgetting my book and lunch I only brought my B&B pen with a fine nib so I can't exactly work on my calligraphy as well as I could have with my 1.9 on my Lamy.

 

[syngent]

I eyeball really... at best I use lined paper... but thinking maybe I should start... either that or see how good my skills can get with the eyeballing and develop the skill without need of a guide I haven't decided