Yeah I hate the cursive capital q and F I was taught in school so I print those and don't connect them to rest of the word
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Yeah I hate the cursive capital q and F I was taught in school so I print those and don't connect them to rest of the word
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Current pen rotation: way too many!
LagNut (September 29th, 2014)
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Does the Q look a 2 and F like a double barred T?Originally Posted by tandaina
Tom
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Forgive any ignorance on my part.
Any stupidity is my brain not being malleable enough to understand
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LagNut (September 29th, 2014)
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Yup
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Current pen rotation: way too many!
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The F reminds me of an Christian orthodox cross
Tom
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Forgive any ignorance on my part.
Any stupidity is my brain not being malleable enough to understand
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Tomasz S Suchecki
77 Meadowpark Ave North
Stamford CT 06905-2221
United States of America
Re: Handwriting
I do usually print my capitals, but that was a feature of the style of cursive I was taught.
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
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I make my Q out of two strokes, and join the second one. Sometimes.
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
Some lowercase letters bug me too, like r and s. The cursive form is not that clear, at least the way I write. Is it an r or an n? An s or an o? Sometimes context helps, but that defeats the purpose of writing in the first place. But the cursive versions sneak their way in.
Interesting point with the cross. My capital F is generally a strange one that's backwards, stolen from a high school teacher.
Clearly they had a higher and more comprehensive conception of the duties of society toward it's members than had the lawgivers of Europe of the time, and they imposed obligations upon it that were shirked elsewhere... But it is the provisions for public education which, from the very first, throw into the clearest relief the originality of American civilization.
Alexis de Tocqeuville "Democracy in America" (George Lawrence Translation)
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I'm afraid that a lifetime of bad habits has resulted in what I call Frankenscript: a sort of bastard mixture of copperplate, italic, skool-riting etc... And it varies by the day of the week and the pen:
Writing s.jpg
Cob
Bogon07 (September 29th, 2014)
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Cob, your Frankenscript looks very serviceable and has a most pleasing character.
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
"Nothing means less than zero"
Cob (September 30th, 2014)
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Too kind!
Rgds
Cob
Cob,
Your Frankenscript(and I'm stealing that term) is extremely legible, and sports the backward F I was referring to. Your r and s are nice clear versions of what I'd call cursive that are not going going to be mistaken for n or o.
Looks very nice under the influence of flex, also...
Mike
Clearly they had a higher and more comprehensive conception of the duties of society toward it's members than had the lawgivers of Europe of the time, and they imposed obligations upon it that were shirked elsewhere... But it is the provisions for public education which, from the very first, throw into the clearest relief the originality of American civilization.
Alexis de Tocqeuville "Democracy in America" (George Lawrence Translation)
Cob (October 2nd, 2014)
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Once again, too kind. When I try to write something presentable, I find it practically impossible to sustain the necessary concentration. Perhaps I'll try again and post something hereabouts.
Best wishes
Cob
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Well you were so kind, so here's some more Frankenscript
Handwriting s.jpg
The pens are first an English Waterman's with Canadian Ideal nib and an Advance pen (wrong cap) with Conklin nib. Inks are Quink blue-black and Rohrer and Klingner Goldgrün.
Rgds,
Cob
LagNut (October 5th, 2014)
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Like the script, like the pens, probably caused an ink purchase(the Goldgrun). No idea how to get umlauts on this device.
Frankenpen(s?) also? I'm thinking the waterman's is not frankenpen, but don't know enough to be sure.
You're making me want to ink up my 52 1/2. You've also awakened an interest in trolling for old nibs. I'm struggling to put that back to sleep, probably unsuccessfully.
Mike
Clearly they had a higher and more comprehensive conception of the duties of society toward it's members than had the lawgivers of Europe of the time, and they imposed obligations upon it that were shirked elsewhere... But it is the provisions for public education which, from the very first, throw into the clearest relief the originality of American civilization.
Alexis de Tocqeuville "Democracy in America" (George Lawrence Translation)
Cob (October 5th, 2014)
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Thanks. the Waterman's is in a sense a Frankenpen - being an English one with a Canadian nib. I have an English Ideal nib as a spare; it is a bit of a nail.
For umlauts - if you are on an English computer - type Alt 0252 to get ü and Alt 0220 to get Ü and Alt 0235 to get ë as in Citroën.
Good luck in your search - I am always trying to buy "good" nibs - by "good" I mean mostly flex and what I call "edge" - I like a sort of flexible stub. Obliques are fun too.
Best wishes
Cob
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