adventures in scripts
Apr. 9th, 2021 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettMy distraction of the minute is scripts and handwriting. This is definitely related to the whole bullet journalling Thing, in that I enjoy making e.g. days and dates Visually Distinct and also Pretty, but it's also a revival of a thing I was briefly Extremely Interested In circa at the age of approximately 10.
... I am also mostly doing better at sleeping.
So! When I was miserably insomniac the other night, I spent some time Looking Up Writing, and have now worked out how to hand write both double-storey a and ampersands in way(s) that don't leave me hating the result.
(The former: start with a backward s, then join it up at the bottom. The latter: I need to be really careful about keeping the up-stroke straight rather than concave-upward, and also paying more attention to the proportions of the loops than is honestly ideal, but it'll hopefully sink in in time. Bonus: I have also, by paying attention to what a variety of fonts do with them, worked out a few variants I'm happy with.)
... and also, because A was feeling enthusiastic about getting out his collection of fountain pens and inks and then wanted an excuse to get me presents, I now own a Pilot Penmanship (demonstrator pen, i.e. transparent so you can see the ink slosh around, plus an actual extra-fine nib). I have been playing with it (A filled it with Diamine Havasu Turquoise from his stash for me) during workrave-enforced breaks, and occasionally elsewhen; I am enjoying myself a great deal.
... I am also mostly doing better at sleeping.
So! When I was miserably insomniac the other night, I spent some time Looking Up Writing, and have now worked out how to hand write both double-storey a and ampersands in way(s) that don't leave me hating the result.
(The former: start with a backward s, then join it up at the bottom. The latter: I need to be really careful about keeping the up-stroke straight rather than concave-upward, and also paying more attention to the proportions of the loops than is honestly ideal, but it'll hopefully sink in in time. Bonus: I have also, by paying attention to what a variety of fonts do with them, worked out a few variants I'm happy with.)
... and also, because A was feeling enthusiastic about getting out his collection of fountain pens and inks and then wanted an excuse to get me presents, I now own a Pilot Penmanship (demonstrator pen, i.e. transparent so you can see the ink slosh around, plus an actual extra-fine nib). I have been playing with it (A filled it with Diamine Havasu Turquoise from his stash for me) during workrave-enforced breaks, and occasionally elsewhen; I am enjoying myself a great deal.
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Date: 2021-04-10 01:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-04-10 02:33 pm (UTC)I am more of a M nib person. I tend to write with more force, and the finer the nib, the more likely I am to, ah, slice through the paper. LOL
I'm so glad you're having a good time with stationery. :)
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Date: 2021-04-11 10:17 pm (UTC)Focusing effort on handwriting is so soothing -- it shares many qualities with kneading bread!
As my calligraphy instructor would always chide me -- write with your whole arm, not your fingers.