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[silverflight8]

RIP, C-4 italics nib, you have served me well.




In case you wondered, I am ANGRY with the tilde there. (Or flourish, or whatever it is), because !@##% that's exactly the best stroke that the nib can make and it can be done beautifully, but of course I've overloaded the pen there with ink, haven't I? Oh yes, and now it's a stumpy weird mark. *impotent flail*


I am muffled today in real-life (owing to a cold and having lost my voice) and so in compensation I have swung into answering support requests WITH A VENGEANCE and so on. Because I can actually articulate myself there.

Comments

[tani]

Wow, it's really pretty! (Despite the slightly chubby tilde-thingy.) :)

[silverflight8]

Thank you! *glares at tilde*

[azuire]

:DDDD do moarrrrr.

Also do you know how to use ink cartridges? I don't and I am rather hopelessly slashing them open and pouring them into my inkwell. Oops?

[silverflight8]

I have to buy a new nib first, actually :P

alas, I do not. I just use dip-pens - but as long as ink => inkwell it's good? *doesn't know*

[azuire]

Heee I am so used to dipping a brush in ink that pens confuse me orz. Anyhoo I am not that great shakes at English calligraphy so I leave that to you :P

You get more dippy nibs there? I tried looking for nibs here and they had the fountain pen sort.

[silverflight8]

KITTY!!11!!!

*cough*

Haha, my Chinese writing in the first place was rather awful, so I don't think my calligraphy would be any better >.<

Yeah, you can buy them at craft stores and art shops - most of the big stores here just have pens which are chisel-shaped with corresponding ink-cartridge-thingies already installed.

[azuire]

Haha I am surprised nobody has asked me about the keyword for this icon yet - it's one of my hilarious mistranslations.

I am sadly one of those people whose handwriting is impeccable in every script except English. (Oops.) People use this as proof that I am a robot.

That's the thing about art shops, I do not actually want the fountain pen types! They confuse me. Will you be getting a new dippy pen then? You should try Gothic script! It's fun and has lines :D

[silverflight8]

oh gosh I always try to parse Japanese as Chinese first and then hit words that are distinctly Japanese and feel silly XD What does it translate to?

I have seen your lovely calligraphy in other languages but your English letters look fine to me! Also, bot!

Aww. Yeah, there is this nice art store near downtown which has a nice selection of nibs, so I will go down and see. Technically I do have other square-tipped nibs that would work, but they're too wide and all the letters you write are a mile high :P

Gothic looks so complicated! I have...ah, copperplate, italics, and foundational, all of which are simple. I think I will take a stab (and check out that calligraphy pen for the fifth time *cough*) after tomorrow. *kicks her exam*

[azuire]

'There is a ghost in front of the car.' This came from me learning how to say 'There is X in front/behind/beside/inside Y'. And was entirely confused whether ghosts count as inanimate or animate as the verbs are different. Hee.

I don't plan to be doing English anyway - I will leave that to pros like you. Everything else for me! I am currently learning Hebrew calligraphy, easiest ever. Best wishes for exam and be sure to post more lovely pics ♥

oh right I can't edit comments

[silverflight8]

Explanation for the video. I admit my favorite part is the way he pronounces 'Anna'.

[connie]

Having no expertise in the matter, I think it looks lovely. <3

[silverflight8.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I can see all the flaws, but I'm glad it's not blazingly visible :P