Okay, here's another in my series of topics based on questions only a terminally stupid person such as myself would ask.
I am wondering about the factors that go in to a person's choice of nib width. Is the width determined by the writing size? The style of script? Or is it the other way around, that the writing is determined by the nib width?
In asking this I note that quite a few people favour double or even triple broad nibs. Now, this is not intended as a criticism, but I have found that if I use such a monster nib then my handwriting starts to look like it was done using a Sharpie or a fat crayon. And on a standard page the number of words I get per line decreases quite significantly, almost to the point where following the meaning of a sentence requires too much back and forth eye movement.
Italic nibs, while often broad, are different, inasmuch as an italic script can be tall and thin.
I am excluding calligraphy here because to me that is mainly a drawing art rather than a writing exercise.
Oh, also, I note that tastes change over time. What generally drives that?
Okay, shoot (metaphorically).
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