I do like a little italic to a nib, but generally I tend to prefer just your standard fine or extra-fine nibs. I do find that if I get a larger nib size, such as B, I can't stand it if it's not an italic, for example the 14K B on my Pelikan 140 does a broad line down, but a thin extra-fine line across, I find that much more tolerable to me than using the 18K B on my M805 or the steel 1.0 stub I used on my M250 (which is closer to an F across, an slightly thicker on the downstroke than the B).
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