How Do I Change Thickness In Lines?

July 6, 2013

I have. Been working on copperplate and spencerian scrip and I can't seem to master changing th the thickness in the line I am drawing for the sections often letter I need to. Can anyone help me please.

I am using my pelikan

July 6, 2013

Hi I don't own a fountain pen, so this is all my imagination.

Nibs have a quality name flexibility, this I understand is relate to how much and how easy the nib open. If you notice the nib have a cut line on the tip, if you pressure the nib against the paper it will open, then making a thicker line. Some nibs don't like this at all, they get dry of ink, and then you need to tap it a little bit, to get ink back on the tip.

Here a video I really like, it shows this I just describe, except the taping of the pen to get ink back to the tip:

Now well, consider that when we write we can pull and push the pen. The pull lines will be the lines going to the down direction, the push lines will be the lines going up. Open the nib only on the pull lines. Nibs don't like to be open on push lines they get hurt and can scratch or stab the paper.

Now it is time to mention calligraphic nibs. This nibs look like a blade, and the thick of the line will depend on the angle of the blade, so drawing on the line of the edge will give a thin line, drawing on the full blade will give the thicker line that pen can give.

And there is also lot more nibs that are not so popular but are as much interesting.

I going to take the occasion to talk about one i really would like to play with. It is call the king cobra. As I say this is my imagination, so this is how I explain it:

In Japan people are teach to hold the writing tool on a 90 degrees angle, fountain pens require something like a 60 degrees. So a Japanese company name Sailor designed a nib that can give a line at 90 degrees, this nib does not flex at all, but you get the line variation depending on the angle you hold it, so 90 degrees is the thin line and closer to 0 degrees is thicker the line, here a video:

Hope you find something useful on all this message... here a video of Copperplate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4IOKgA4tFs