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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging
ankhtahr:
How the hell did this happen?
I discovered a passion for handwriting with fountain pens.
My handwriting is extremely ugly and uneven, but I intend to work on that. Maybe do some calligraphy as well. I've now fitted my trusty Lamy Studio which I had since 7th grade with a Lamy OB nib (Oblique Bold), which fits the way I hold the pen better. I'd have preferred an Oblique Medium nib, but at least inside Germany Lamy doesn't sell Oblique nibs anymore at all, so I was lucky to have grabbed one of the two nibs the stationary had still in stock. Right now I use bottled ink made by "Graf von Faber-Castell". It's a permanent ink according to ISO 12757-2, so I'm allowed to use it in university exams as well. I'm looking into buying a Lamy Joy with a stud nib (a flat nib without the iridium ball at the tip which is used for calligraphy) right now, and am also considering buying a small bottle of Diamine's "Teal" or "Indigo" ink, or maybe the "Nebelgrau" (fog grey) by De Atramentis.
Grognard:
I'm a techie, and I love having a fountain pen.
'course, my penmanship has always been good.
handwriting forces you to think: better. more logically. with more forethought?
it just lets my brain catch up and move faster than what I'm putting on the page.
jwhouk:
That probably explains why I prefer touch-typing to writing.
EDIT: On a more serious note: has anyone else noticed that Project Wonderful appears to be down? Their ads are apparently slowing down the main website, along with a few other sites I peruse regularly.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 31 Aug 2014, 17:09 ---My handwriting is extremely ugly and uneven
--- End quote ---
Looks good to me - plenty of character, still easily legible!
--- Quote ---stationary
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File this under "English is weird". Stationary = standing still, stationery = writing supplies.
Oddly enough, they actually have the same root, that of a station; in the first case, a station (military) doesn't move; in the second, the reference is to materials sold by a stationer, a book and paper seller of fixed location, usually associated with a university.
Thank you, mother. Kids, this is what happens when you're raised by an English major...
nekowafer:
I have super terrible handwriting. It hurts to write too :(
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