Pilot Parallel Pen Italic Calligraphy Guidelines

December 16, 2016

Thank you so much...this is very helpful!

I am looking into getting an Italic nib.

Rita

December 17, 2016

Hi Rita - if you don't already have one, i recommend that you get a Pilot Parallel pen either 2.4 or 3.8 to start. One pen is only about $8.00.

Enjoy.

December 23, 2016

Hi Rita - if you don't already have one, i recommend that you get a Pilot Parallel pen either 2.4 or 3.8 to start. One pen is only about $8.00.
Enjoy.

Thank you Maurizio. I managed to get my hands on two Reform piston fillers with 1.9 and 2.4 nib.

Will try the 2.4 first and then get the Pilot.

Thanks again!

Rita

December 30, 2016

I managed to find one of those Reform piston-fillers, a roughly 2.4 nib, here tucked away in an art supply shop. A very nice pen and fairly rare here. I jumped on it immediately even though I didn't like the price. I also use that to practice calligraphy with.

February 2, 2017

Thanks a lot, it seems to be very useful.

February 3, 2017

Glad you like them.

February 4, 2017

Here is an online guideline generator I found recently. It has presets for all the standard Pilot Parallel sizes plus others. It's pretty useful but what I don't like is that there's seems to be no way to turn off the slanted lines. I've rarely practiced with these because I think they're a crutch that doesn't help ME develop my hand skills. Others however may find them useful.

http://cd.kaligrafia.info

February 15, 2017

Found the original source!

I finally located the original source of these guidelines. I don't know the blogger but she or he is the one who deserves the credit for creating and then posting to all these guidelines. All I did was pass them on to some folks here.

http://contemporarycalligraphy.blogspot.com/2007/11/guidelines-for-pilot-parallel-pens.html