The giggling is the point: A visit to Penny Post’s Fountain Pen Test Drive Event
The moment I know that a new pen is coming home with me is when I actively seek out reasons to continue scribbling. Cursive “s” shapes. Hash marks. Nonsense sentences. My dog’s name. Often done to a soundtrack of quiet, joyful giggling.
A quick survey on how we experience wet inks and dry inks
Dr. Nicole Sharp (aka. @aerognome) recently extended an invitation for folks to participate in their new study on how we experience inks as wet and as dry. I’m including an excerpt of their call to action here because it looks like a fun investigation. It’s a short, direct, and anonymous Google Form.
New cards for my ink storage system
I store my ink bottles in four white hard-paper boxes. Each box rests on a shelf. I use Col-O-Ring cards as labels to show me which color families rest in each box. The point is to minimize the number of bottles I need to search through in my hunt for a specific ink — when I have one in mind.
Nibs and feeds with Kokuyo’s THIN paper in mind
I revisited my nib choices for the coming week with my work planner’s THIN paper in mind. Kokuyo’s THIN paper is moderately absorbent, which leads to some line spreading and a dry writing experience with liquid inks. EFs write with F widths, and so forth.