Handwriting Between The Lines

[penrivers]

Well, if you want to write straight among the lines or without them, there is a linen paper in walmart from Southwork, it comes in boxes of 80 sheets, I bought 2 one of 24 lb 90gm a la2 25% cotton and one of 65 lb 25& cotton both whites 8 1/2in x 11 in, point is that they dont have printed lines but an subtle almost invisible patern of vertical and horizontal (¿watermark?) that makes it very suitable for train the writing, I recomend linen business paper and linen business stock, more else, very inexpensive paper. Greetings from México.

Edited December 19, 2012 by penrivers

[Harlequin]

I really like this idea and I think I'm going to try it asap! I don't think I'll be able to do italics really, maybe just cursive. But it will let me kill two birds with on stone, I get to practice using a FP and practice writing inbetween the lines.

Edited December 19, 2012 by Harlequin

[Hetty]

Rock on, Ken!

 

Someone noticed that I did that, pointed it out to me. I hadn't noticed myself.

 

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5204144221_93cfa149e8.jpg

Pelikan Toledo by ethernautrix, on Flickr

 

I love your handwriting. It's so beautiful and easy to read. Despite being simple, it is very individual and distinctive. Gorgeous!

[alexander_k]

I used to write between the lines a lot until the turn of the century when I switched to blank paper. For many years I thought I was the only one, until I saw that more people (especially women with small handwriting) were also doing it. I only wish I could write as nicely and consistently as in the samples above (time for a new year's resolution?).

[Hetty]

I found this idea very interesting and was surprised that it was entirely new to me. I decided to give it a go and append here the results. I wrote it at almost my normal handwriting speed, but slightly slower because I wasn't sure whether I was going to fit that size between the lines. I'm afraid I have developed some bad habits in my italic - notably the ligature from the centre of the 'e', which many italicists frown on. However, I find it the easiest ligature for that letter in cursive italic, so I shan't be changing it any time soon!

I'm also aware of the shaky nature of some of the letters, but at 76 my hand's not as steady as it used to be.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s289/kent993/Handwriting.jpg

 

This is beautiful, Katim. I hope I can write as well as you when I am your age. I think it unlikely, somehow, as my hand is not nearly as beautiful as yours!

 

Hetty

[sargetalon]

 

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yfW7l9SmjkY/TSJ4PzO9erI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/b_Ngc23ZdJc/s400/20110103%20writing%20between%20lines%201.jpg http://lh5.ggpht.com/_yfW7l9SmjkY/TSJ4TDKqChI/AAAAAAAAAnU/YDGWXqn8MNs/s400/20110103%20writing%20between%20lines%202.jpg

 

 

I like you're writing very much ethernautrix. I'm new to fountain pens and have been feeling bad about myself seeing all of this beautiful cursive script on this site. I myself threw off cursive when I was first allowed to do so in grade school and haven't looked back. I write exclusively in print and I was thinking I was doing a disservice to my fountain pens. Nice to see there is someone else out there who prints with these wonderful pens/colors.

[penrivers]

Well , beautiful, beautiful writing Lisa, strange thing is that I not perceive it as cursive but as a nice writing in print but, ¿perhaps, am I wrong?.

[tandaina]

Looks like printing (PRETTY printing) too me too Penrivers. The letters aren't linked and don't have the loops of cursive.

[penrivers]

Thanks, Tandaina.

[ethernautrix]

Thanks for the nice words about my handwriting. Penrivers, you should see my cursive, ha ha ha! It's like a completely different person is writing! It's very sloppy. Therefore, I prefer printing.

[penrivers]

Lisa, we would love to see your cursive writing.It has to be wonderful coming from you. Greetings from México.

[TPK]

Ken,

 

Very old thread, I know, but I was referring to it from a new one and then wondered about the sample you provided. Can remember (or even just tell from looking), what the nib width would have been? You said it was a 3mm minuscule on 8mm ruled paper. Given the nice balance, I'd guess you were adhering quite closely to the usual 4-5 nib widths per x height idea, and so the nib width was probably in the region of 0.5 to 0.75mm. Sound about right?

 

This minuscule x-height in this example is about 3mm and the lines are 8mm apart.


http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/caliken_2007/linedwriting6002.jpg

[caliken]

The image on my screen is at actual size, so I guess you nib sizing of 0.5 to 0.75 is about right.

 

Ken

[dms525]

 

The difference among the nib widths (measured as the width of the broadest written line) is probably no more that 0.05 mm.

 

David

[luminesce]

I too am drifting a bit. I find I don't if I think of hanging the words down from the top line, rather than aiming for the gap between the lines.

 

This is interesting, but I'm not sure I'll take to it....it still looks odd to me

 

Elizabeth

[TPK]

 

The difference among the nib widths (measured as the width of the broadest written line) is probably no more that 0.05 mm.

I agree that the third nib is best in terms of width (although I may be just thinking that now because you told us which was which!) And all three are legible and pleasant to read. I'd be happy if I could produce any of them with consistency. Also, I think the upward drift you mention is made more prominent than it would be otherwise simply because of the narrow width of lines. If you were writing on wider paper, towards 60 or so characters per line, the impact of the drift would be even less.

 

What were the three nib widths anyway? I'm guessing just below 1mm or thereabouts?

[dms525]

I agree that the third nib is best in terms of width (although I may be just thinking that now because you told us which was which!) And all three are legible and pleasant to read. I'd be happy if I could produce any of them with consistency. Also, I think the upward drift you mention is made more prominent than it would be otherwise simply because of the narrow width of lines. If you were writing on wider paper, towards 60 or so characters per line, the impact of the drift would be even less.

 

What were the three nib widths anyway? I'm guessing just below 1mm or thereabouts?

 

 

I'm going to play with this some more. It's different enough from my habitual procedure to require conscious effort to write between the lines.

 

All the nibs in the sample have been custom ground. Their widths range around 0.70 ± 0.05 mm. FYI, the first and third samples were written with Nakaya nibs. The Second is a Pelikan M8xx nib. The fourth is an OMAS Paragon nib.

[Runnin_Ute]

I seem to do this intuitively and I believe I have done so for many years. Maybe always.At least on lined paper. I will sometimes go uphill on blank paper though. I don't concern myself to much with it. It gives a bit of character to the page.