Any academics?

[dgturner]

Master's thesis about automated software security testing.

 

But lots of LaTeX...!

I'm glad to see it's not just mathematicians and physicists using it.

 

Wait, are there any other serious computer-typesetting/wordprocessing tools, than LaTeX/TeX ?

 

High-end stuff like Adobe InDesign and such. But I don't know of anything open-source or free....

 

I'm also a LaTeX user. Now during proofreading, I have a Lamy Safari with EF nib loaded with Waterman Red for marking the errors and a Waterman Hemisphere with WM Blue for other notes on the printouts.

 

As for the question about "anything open source or free": Scribus (www.scribus.net). Haven't used it myself, but I've heard lots of positive stuff about it.

 

 

I did all of my major papers in LaTeX (admittedly via Lyx) rather than word simply due to the power and simplicity of having the program know how to format the text based on what you were doing. The only issue I ever had was for the Title page on my Capstone project (I wanted it to be a bit prettier so I cheated).

 

On the main topic, I am considering going on to Law school and I will definitely be using my pens for notes, drafts, etc. My Esties will likely be the mainstay.

 

 

[Chevalier]

 

The term "historician" sounds like it either has to with history or a hysterectomy. Or the history of hysterectomies. If a historician is a "writer of history", then isn't a "writing historician" a writer who writes about writers of history?

 

 

Hehe, "writing historician" was an attempt to translate the German word "Schrifthistoriker", that's a person that studies the history of scripts, and the meaning of written texts (from ancient times to present times). I've been unable to find the correct English term. It's basically just a branch of history.

[Chevalier]

*please delete*

Edited May 25, 2011 by Chevalier

[JefferyS]

Translating scripts is a noble cause. In simply COPYING other peoples' writing while practicing my handwriting, I am appalled by the number of errors I introduce.

Edited May 25, 2011 by Jeffery Smith

[copperx]

A Computer Science PhD student / instructor reporting here. I found this forum after trying to find a smooth pen to use everyday. I had settled with a combination of a Pilot G2 and a Pilot Precise V5, but then went to a Pilot Plumix, Lamy Safari, and now to a Pelikan m200. I'm using them at the moment to prepare my classes.

 

I'm kind of tempted to handwrite quizzes and exams to practice my italic But then again, it takes just one complaint of the form 'what does it say here?' to end the fun.

[Prof Drew]

I see this was quite an old thread here, but came across it by looking for something about libraries.

 

I actually teach graduate students to become librarians and archivists. I do research on the history of libraries and bookstores and print culture at large. I use a fountain pen to take notes at conferences, write letters when I have time (rare), and especially to start making notes for articles. I love vintage fountain pens or my Birmingham Ironside-C with a .6 stub nib and going to a cafe to journal drafts of articles. I feel much more free to write rather than sitting at my computer. I use my EF Pilot Vanishing Point when I need something quick like taking notes or need to write on cheap paper.

 

I'd love to hear from another researcher in LIS / Information Science as I have an idea for a research project.

 

I should add that my uni does not have funding for researchers / postdocs etc. since I already get too much unsolicited inquiries along those lines. Sorry. I wish we did.

[fountain_new]

For what it's worth, since this thread's already been reactivated, I've been using a Parker Vector and a Pilot Metropolitan for most of my everyday "academic writing."

 

Man, 2007 seems like a long time ago.

[Prof Drew]

2 hours ago, fountain_new said:

Parker Vector and a Pilot Metropolitan

I remember getting a Parker Vector when I was a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bookstore Cooperative.  It was a very wet writer and broad nib for me, if I recall. Looked nice and clean design. Madison would have Parkers, of course since they used to be made in the state.  Pilot Metropolitan is another wonderful very affordable writer. It's nice that Pilot makes several points available for the Metropolitan. One would always hope professors would be metropolitan and cosmopolitan.  Cheers.

 

Yes, I think time jumped in the Trump/Covid-years in a way I hope not to repeat. Have a good rest of the semester.

[fountain_new]

4 minutes ago, Prof Drew said:

Yes, I think time jumped in the Trump/Covid-years in a way I hope not to repeat. Have a good rest of the semester.

Yeah, you too. Good luck to us all.

 

I just ordered Noodler's X-Feather for the Metropolitan, but now I'm reading the Noodler inks destroy pens...hmm...

[Sailor Kenshin]

4 minutes ago, fountain_new said:

Yeah, you too. Good luck to us all.

 

I just ordered Noodler's X-Feather for the Metropolitan, but now I'm reading the Noodler inks destroy pens...hmm...

 

I don't think you have to worry about the Met, a sturdy cartridge pen.  IF Noodler's inks cause any harm it may be limited to certain colors in certain vintage sac-loading pens.

[fountain_new]

1 minute ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

I don't think you have to worry about the Met, a sturdy cartridge pen.  IF Noodler's inks cause any harm it may be limited to certain colors in certain vintage sac-loading pens.

Cool, good to know. I'll give it a shot.

[Sailor Kenshin]

2 minutes ago, fountain_new said:

Cool, good to know. I'll give it a shot.

 

I tend to use Pilot or Iroshizuku inks in my Metropolitans because they seem to like them so much, but I've used all sorts of inks in them: Diamine, Monteverde, probably even a Noodler's or two,

[fountain_new]

Just now, Sailor Kenshin said:

 

I tend to use Pilot or Iroshizuku inks in my Metropolitans because they seem to like them so much, but I've used all sorts of inks in them: Diamine, Monteverde, probably even a Noodler's or two,

I quite like the pen, so I guess I won't regret trying a couple inks in it. Assuming the ink won't destroy it, I guess I'll go through it and try another, why not. 

[Prof Drew]

I don't know about X-Feather. I'm not such a fan of Noodler after the iconography. Enjoy the ink.

The nice thing about Vector or Metropolitan is that they are easy to replace in terms of finance -- at least compared with something with a piston filler vintage pen.

 

As @Sailor Kenshin pointed out, the issue is with vintage pens with sacs. Nothing to worry about. I also love Pilot Blue/Black and the Iroshizuku inks. Can't go wrong. Cheers