Hello r/Calligraphy I recently moved hundreds of miles and left behind my calligraphy tools, they were just a cheap amazon brand set of nibs that all swapped into one body, I've been continuing the art form digitally but have been wanting to get back into physical art and was wondering if this subreddit could offer me guidance in finding a pen that's right for me. I'm looking for something with the following list of "features".

• Vacuum or Piston filled internal reservoir
• 1ml ink capacity
• 1.5mm 2.4mm and 3mm nib options, 0.1-0.2 variance OK
• <$100, ideally around $50

In my research before coming here I found the Pilot Parallel which has an interesting nib shape and the sizes I want, but uses cartriges. It does have a piston conversion but only gets 0.4ml ink capacity. I suspect that nib is proprietary but if theres anything alike available with higher capacity that would likely be my first pick. Thanks in advance for any help.

I'm a beginner trying to figure out what scripts to practice, both of these look gorgeous but I'm not quite sure what they are

https://www.reddit.com/r/Calligraphy/comments/abeja4/happy_new_year_everyone_this_is_the_year_that_we/#lightbox

https://www.reddit.com/r/Calligraphy/comments/qam391/how_did_i_do/#lightbox

handwriting with 1.0 black ballpoint～

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Concentric circles with steps rather than a spiral. Copperplate, 5mm. Trying a new thing.

handwriting with 1.0 red ballpoint regular script 若再許我少年時，一兩黃金一兩風～

So I got a cheap fountain pen with a mf, f and med nib. Just gonna say it was nice to write with. But it is not a flex or stub so little lime variation. Now that I do like it I was wanting to get something more. . . Well more.

From what I understand dip pens would give the most flex for line variation, ink versatility, and nibs are easier to change than in fountain pens. While fountain pens can be finicky with different inks and nibs, as well as not having as much flex.

I was looking at a speedball caligrahpy dip set. Which comes with the holder and a few nibs. Would this be fine as compared to a offset or would you all suggest something else entirely. Like a specific nib holder/particular nib.

I'm kinda stuck cause I like the look of both copper plate and gothic. And think a dip pen would be easier to try more variety by just changing out the nib.

I got a year to make my own graduation invitations and that's kinda what started this journey.

So again

1 is dip pen most versatile to start?

2 what is a good starter? Dip, offset dip, fountain? Is the cheap speedball one alright?

3 can different styles be learned with different nibs on the same holder?

小羊古楷：萬里無雲～ handwriting with 1.0 black ballpoint regular script～

Hello everyone! I am currently writing a paper about vyaz calligraphy (type of calligraphy from the Medieval-Russia) and I wanted to know if there is anyone here that could help me to find the name of one or two famous calligraphers ; if some people where that enjoy drawing with the vyaz technique would like to share their experience with me ; and any other information that you want to share!

Hey, all! I'm currently a beginner in this, and I've been having a lot of fun attempting gothic calligraphy on a random notepad of (I think) cotton paper. I recently decided to buy another cotton paper notebook for a different purpose, but when I tried to write on it, the ink would diffuse a lot, and that's if it even got on the paper because it seems the paper is so rough that the pen itself can't really get enough surface area on the page to leave any ink behind. Here are some pictures of what I've been able to do with my first notebook and what I tried doing with the new notebook (it shouldn't be difficult to tell which is which. Also I think the new one was artificially aged)

https://preview.redd.it/zihjz4xfg6wc1.jpg?width=1560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c661bf82a5337e535303e50c93273e0fb453d464

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https://preview.redd.it/m4gqgtogg6wc1.jpg?width=744&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daa4995196f3f0fef62545f31af1662221b29cfa

The first one is a little smudged because I dabbed at it with a piece of paper that I use to dry out my letters quicker when I need to close the book immediately (otherwise I generally let them dry). Also the top one was me practicing to make sure I could nail the centering on the page of the new book, but in the end it was irrelevant. I believe they're both cotton paper but the bottom one diffuses a lot more than the top one and is a lot harder to work with :/

I have just picked up italic last week for the first time. Don’t worry, I’m still a pointed pen gal 😂

handwriting with 1.0 ballpoint 後會有期～🙏🏻 Meeting in the future 🙏🏻

hellenistic uncials are freaking awesome fr

Been practicing with a dip pen nib and trying to work on my intra- and inter-letter spacing. Screwed up a couple of letters but pretty excited about the results two weeks in. Brause 3mm nib, sumi ink, Rhodia paper.

I trained calligraphy a long time ago and I didn't get the result I wanted due to the amount of time invested. But this year I plan to improve my cursive handwriting. How can I improve?

Basically what the title says. I use mostly foutain pens and been practicing some styles.

I was gifted this. Please help and advise state of nibs. I know some good/new but there are some where i don't know if I can rescue them. Also, some inks that came with. (Ancient?) Speedball india ink, somePelikan Tuche (not pictured) and couple bottles of the red ink. Thank you in advance.

Hi, it is my first ever post on reddit so sorry if I made some mistake.

I started learning calligraphy, I am about 1 month of brush lettering and 4 days of practicing copperplate with nibs ans sumi ink ( Chinese ink as it is call in French ).

First day all my ink keep running out the nib into the paper as soon as I put pressure into the nib. I don't know how I manage to stop that but I did somehow. My problem now is whenever I refill my nib I not able to make hairline after heavy stroke ( like in a o u etc ) my ink always run into the hairline and is not super thin unless I'm about to be out of ink soon.

Do you know how to fix it ?

Nib - Brause steno ( I try all pointed nib from brause , same problem or worse) Paper - laser print 110g

Thanks for your help ! ( I m French speaker so sorry for my broken english)

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