Italic handwriting example

[caliken]

This was written with a Pelikan M200 nib modified to a .7 cursive italic.

I have recently also acquired two other nibs - a .9 cursive italic and a xxxf with added full flex, all from Richard Binder.

There is no affiliation - just a very satisfied customer.

If you are seriously interested in handwriting, I can thoroughly recommend the experience of writing with a nib re-worked by a nibmeister.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/Tojudgetherealworth_edited-1.jpg

This little example is 5 1/4" wide.

Edited February 14, 2008 by caliken

[ajaxline]

That's a fantastic-looking handwriting sample. Thanks for posting it!

 

Cheers,

A.J.

 

[Italicist]

Beautiful writing as always, Caliken! Richard Binder truly is a genius: for the last few months I've been using a 0.5 mm extra-fine sharpened italic [!] nib that had the benefit of his ministrations and writing with it is simply a pleasure. Not only is he a genius at grinding nibs, he has faerie slaves; see the cartoon at the bottom of this page for the amazing details.

Edited February 20, 2008 by Italicist

[RayMan]

Very nice. I've been thinking of buying a Binder .7 cursive italic.

[PAKMAN]

Binder nibs are great, just don't be too disappointed when you find that your writing doesn't look like Calikens. He is our resident Calligraphy/ italic monk with the most uniform and beautiful hand writing you have ever seen. I think he could take a stick and sharpen it and dip it in old coffee and still make a masterpiece!

[caliken]

Binder nibs are great, just don't be too disappointed when you find that your writing doesn't look like Calikens. He is our resident Calligraphy/ italic monk with the most uniform and beautiful hand writing you have ever seen. I think he could take a stick and sharpen it and dip it in old coffee and still make a masterpiece!

Thank you all for your comments and interest.

Perry : Your post actually made me laugh out loud - and that doesn't happen very often!

 

Perhaps I should mention that my previous 'monk' avatar was just a joke. I've been happily married for 44 years - I may be many things, but a monk isn't one of them!!

Edited February 21, 2008 by caliken

[wednesday_mac]

Beautiful! I could stare and stare. I've downloaded your .jpg to use as wallpaper. Staring now.

Edited February 21, 2008 by wednesday_mac

[wednesday_mac]

duplicate post - deleted.

Edited February 21, 2008 by wednesday_mac

[bootyshox]

I love how smoothly you connect the letters.

[JRodriguez]

Wow. That sample is just incredible.

[antoniosz]

I would love to see a video with you writing Pretty please?

[caliken]

I would love to see a video with you writing Pretty please?

antoniosz :

I'm afraid that there would be nothing unusual, or even particularly interesting about watching a video of my handwriting. My hand position is typically ordinary as I work my pedestrian way across the page.

 

I can't match your enviable fluency or pace as demonstrated in your flex-nibbed videos, and the instructional videos by Joe Vitolo and colleagues on the IAMPETH site, show drawn Copperplate script and Spencerian lettering at its very best.

 

I suppose in terms of speed, my lettering as shown above, is somewhere between your work and that of Dr Vitolo. It's handwriting, but written at a moderate pace - too slow for note-taking, for example.

 

In short, there is nothing I do, which hasn't been more than adequately covered elsewhere on video by yourself and others.

 

On top of that, it's taken me years to be sufficiently computer-literate just to be able to participate in this Forum, and at my age, anything further would probably be 'a bridge too far'!

 

However, I'm only human, and it gives me great pleasure to receive compliments on my writing from yourself and others whose work and knowledge I respect. Appreciation from those who know what they're talking about, means so much more than compliments, however well meant, from uninformed clients.

 

As I approach my first year as a member of FPN I would like to reiterate my pleasure at being here and I am well aware of the shot-in-the-arm it has given me in the never-ending quest for improvement. The whole world of fountain pens has opened up to me. I've learned a great deal from this site, and I derive a lot of pleasure from my small (but growing) collection.

 

caliken

Edited February 22, 2008 by caliken