🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

This was before i started practicing (a week ago).

My first full attempt at flair / flex writing. For comparison see the comments for a picture of my handwriting before beginning practicing calligraphy.

So apparently my choice of paper has been holding me back this whole time. Switched to a new paper designed to be the best for fountain pens. My Blackletter instantly leveled up. Apparently the last paper had just the slightest bit of bleed enough to loose some of the fine detail.

My second attempt at a spencerian style script using an italic 1.5mm nib on a Lamy pen.

My first attempt at a spencerian script with a 1.5mm italic nib from Lamy (no flex). Spencarian scripts are really hard for me.

Kinda excited. Just ordered a vintage fountain pen from 1910. It is made by the company that invented fountain pens and is known as one of the best Flex pens ever made. I think I'm finally done buying pens, I should have everything I need now for writing :)

A comparison of my name written with flair vs without (using a pens flex capabilities). I need better paper though and a pen with softer flex. In fact I just ordered a vintage pen from around 1910 that is one of the best flex pens of all time...

Top row is with flex/flair, bottom is without.

I've been trying to come up with my own style of Gothic font that works well with my music nib. This is what I have so far. I need to perfect the spacing but otherwise I like this style so far.

After a few days of practice...

My attempt at a Gothic Font using my Music Nib.

@MominRasool ^^

Another example of just what a music nib can do. This is my first time doing a lot of these fancy print letters, still perfecting the letter a though. I dont like the first one, but the others are nicer.

So I tried three special nibs and I love them all. I dont think I will ever use a traditional nib on a fountain pen again. Here is a comparison of the three types all with the same ink: Fude Nib, Music Nib, and Flex Nib.

After a little more practice iwth my new Flex Nib I managed to get a nice clean signature. Really liking the flair on the vertical stroke of my capital F.

So after trying out several cheaper pens with every sort of nib under the sun, including some specialty nibs, I finally decided on the type of nibs I want in pens I carry with me. I decided to carry three fountain pens on me at all times, one with a Flex Nib, another with a Fude Nib, and finally a third with a Music Nib.

The Music Nib will give me a broad wet italic cursive good for fancy lettering. The flex nib is perfect for everyday writing as well as giving a lot of control over line width, and the Fude Nib is extra fancy and my favorite for signing my signature.

After sorting that out I ordered three high-end fountain pens with the various nibs. This one just arrived with a solid 14K gold nib, it is a Flex Nib but with a very unique and unusual design. Its a great nib, I wrote my signature below it, one of the best signatures I've attempted so far.

So got this cool new nib in, its called a Fude Nib. It bends upwards sharply. You write with it upside down to get very fine lines and right side up for very broad lines. Here is me trying to play with my signature. Some of them look really good!

Practicing my "pretty print" using a stub tip.

I've been practicing my signature and decided to give it a go with a few exotic fountain pen nibs. The top uses a fine flex tip with gold sheen ink. I love the J but the F wasn't perfect.

The second one is using a medium stub nib and OX Blood ink. The J isn't as perfect but for the first time my F is completely on point.

Major improvements I think.