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Inky TODs are Topics O'Day and are meant to generate conversation about a particular topic. Yesterday, my beloved nib guy (who is also a penpal) sent me the following following:


I was contemplating on some of the things you expressed about your handwriting.

I like to know what your opinions are concerning this matter as we leave our marks behind with the pen we use.

Personally, before I go six feet under, I like to impress my daughter and everyone that is left behind with the knowledge that I have acquired and mastered three handwriting script, of which I deemed most useful: Fraktur for the times when I want to be a little mysterious, Spencerian for all the times I like to show off, and for the everyday hand italics. These three scripts, I am currently nurturing and to perfect. The closer I get to it, the more I like it.


Musing one: http://www.fountainp...y/#entry4035298

Musing two: http://www.fountainp...g/#entry4036188

Musing three: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/335140-inky-t-o-d-ink-pen-paper-and-handwriting-musings-3-whose-handwriting-do-you-like-the-most/

 

Musing four: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/335400-inky-t-o-d-ink-pen-paper-and-handwriting-musings-4-which-script-do-you-think-you-will-learn-to-use/


You have told us about your handwriting - what you like, what you dislike, which scripts you like and which you will learn - now tell us about the inks that you like, what you like about them, and which inks make your handwriting look better.




For the best handwritten reply (or perhaps more than one great reply), I will send out a gift. (Nothing huge, but you can be surprised.) Enter as many times as you want. Only the handwritten posts will be considered for special gifts, but all posts are appreciated.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2018-Ink/2018-04/slides/2018-04-20_Ink_01.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2018-Ink/2018-04/slides/2018-04-20_Ink_02.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2018-Ink/2018-04/slides/2018-04-20_Ink_03.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The inks are what I have been using all week, except I added Diamine Bilberry and Levenger Cobalt to the line up.

 

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2018-Ink/2018-04/2018-04-05_Ink_12.jpg

 

http://www.sheismylawyer.com/2018-Ink/2018-04/2018-04-20_Ink_04.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I don’t have a perfect ink. I have a favorite, Platinum Carbon Black. It’s a good black, minimal shading, good dry time, reasonable permanence, makes most nibs feel nicer, makes pens take longer to dry out. I’m not opposed to a shading black but when I want black I tend to want something as pleasing as the bits of fine pre printing press books I’ve seen in person. (There’s a lot of other nice black inks mind, which is why I go for favorite)

 

For basically everything else I don’t yet have a favorite. Shading inks look the best usually with my writing. They’re lively and vivid, even if the color I’m using is subdued or businesslike.

 

If you held a gun to my head and said I had to keep it to 2 ink bottles, the second would be a blue black.

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Jenny

Your handwriting definitely looks best dressed in blue! (But maybe that's just me being biased towards Diamine Eau de Nil... )

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(fluent in SK, CZ, DE, EN


currently learning EO, JP, NL)

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Your handwriting definitely looks best dressed in blue! (But maybe that's just me being biased towards Diamine Eau de Nil... )

 

 

:D Eau de Nil is one of my favourite inks, too.

"To read without also writing is to sleep." - St. Jerome

 

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And some of the results of the musings.

 

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_1.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_2.jpghttp://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_3.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_4.jpghttp://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_5.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_6.jpghttp://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_8.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_10.jpghttp://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-19_Ink_7.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_1.jpg

 

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_2.jpg

 

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_3.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_4.jpg

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_5.jpg

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_6.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_7.jpg

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_8.jpg

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_9.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_10.jpg

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_11.jpg

http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_12.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://heismylawyer.com/2018-2/2018-05/slides/2018-05-15_Ink_13.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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