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Old School Typography Tools — What is your favourite writing utensil?
Posted by BrettR in
19 Apr 2012 — 2:37pm
19 Apr 2012 — 2:37pm
Originally I was going to give a nice little intro that leads into the forum topic about how the pen is mightier then God know what, but then I realized I am way to lazy to write that out...
The question: What is your favourite pen/pencil/rock&chisel?
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19 Apr 2012 — 3:15pm
For me it's gotta be the Staedtler eraser.
hhp
19 Apr 2012 — 3:22pm
Put in a vote for Rapidograph technical pens…
19 Apr 2012 — 3:31pm
Hard compressed blocks of charcoal.
19 Apr 2012 — 4:01pm
Whatever is available at the time. Even a fork, if the paper at hand is soft enough to being incised.
19 Apr 2012 — 4:11pm
Lately I have been a fan of the Lamy Pico, it is good for scribbling down details, plus it fits well in the pocket.
Anyone fancy fountain pens?
19 Apr 2012 — 6:28pm
Stiff crow-quill pen, india ink on Bienfang Graphics 360 paper. Shot to film negative where the edges are clean up with a #16 xacto blade and my custom made sanded down french curve. This technique was taught to me by Ed. Benguiat.
19 Apr 2012 — 4:39pm
*spits over his left shoulder*
Punks. I rule.
19 Apr 2012 — 5:30pm
Uniball Micro.
19 Apr 2012 — 6:07pm
Stick in the sand.
19 Apr 2012 — 6:27pm
Parker P51 fountain pen, Hero 616 , excellent Chinese knock-off P51,
Pentel brush pens and Faber-Castell Pit Artists pens
19 Apr 2012 — 6:43pm
Oh, and I used to make my own calligraphy pens by hand-carving popsicle sticks.
19 Apr 2012 — 7:30pm
I saw this pen the other day, Bolt Action Pen. I chuckled when I saw it.
19 Apr 2012 — 9:10pm
Was that pen made in Springfield?
19 Apr 2012 — 9:46pm
Bolt schmolt. How ‘bout kung-fu calligraphy?
19 Apr 2012 — 9:54pm
Or, at 2:25, you can check out Dark Judge Brushes.
19 Apr 2012 — 10:07pm
The worst part is, I watched the whole kung-fu video... twice.
19 Apr 2012 — 10:32pm
A combination wacom tablet/touch-screen flat monitor
20 Apr 2012 — 12:33am
The pen-tool in the iPad App ‘Paper’ produces wonderful swashes. That one is my favourite at the moment.
20 Apr 2012 — 7:18am
Speaking of "old school" writing tools!
First grader born without hands wins penmanship award
20 Apr 2012 — 7:23am
That's nothing.
Chiro, shmiro.
hhp
20 Apr 2012 — 7:32am
LOVE that photo, Hrant! :-)
20 Apr 2012 — 10:16am
Lamy Accent with oblique medium nib. So smooth, I love writing with it.
20 Apr 2012 — 10:39am
You can't go wrong with a Staedler Mars Technico.
And I've been trying to get my chops up with a sable Mack Brush (Red Sable Lettering and Showcard Brush).
20 Apr 2012 — 12:12pm
@Nick Cooke, I just bought that pen (except in black with silver rings and it is a ballpoint), absolute dream to write with.
In general I enjoy Lamy's pens thoroughly. Probably the most beautiful of which is the Lamy 2000. It's the Scarlett Johansson of pens.
20 Apr 2012 — 12:17pm
2B pencil, triangular cross-section, sharpened with a Stanley knife.
20 Apr 2012 — 3:55pm
the ubiquitous graphite pencil
they are all good. Mostly.
The oldest know one was lost by a Bavarian Carpenter in 1600's
21 Apr 2012 — 1:39pm
Left to right:
21 Apr 2012 — 2:04pm
White cellophane tape was another handy addition to the toolkit for preparing camera-ready line art.
22 Apr 2012 — 1:01am
Porsche Design has a cool concept for one of their pens. Quite ugly though..
Shake Pen
22 Apr 2012 — 11:31am
@BrettR: Magnificent Butcher is an awesome kung-fu film. I recommend watching it.
22 Apr 2012 — 1:50pm
Is this the type of movie you watch in the afternoon with a glass of shiraz or the type that you watch at 3am with lots of cheep beer by your side?
22 Apr 2012 — 6:20pm
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23 Apr 2012 — 12:36am
Dually noted. I shall write it down on my Moleskine "Movies to Watch" list with my faux Montblanc.
23 Apr 2012 — 12:59am
Since we’re talking about wuxia films with ties to calligraphy, “The bare-footed kid” by Johnnie To (the hero learns to write with a broom) and “Hero” by Zhang Yimou (parallels between the art of calligraphy and the art of the sword are a major plot element) are a must.
23 Apr 2012 — 5:57am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JhQtN8R7fA8
23 Apr 2012 — 6:37am
http://typophile.com/node/91252
23 Apr 2012 — 9:49am
Holy @!#$
I have committed the sin of posting a link that has already been posted in a different thread over a month ago and that I knew nothing about.
:o)
23 Apr 2012 — 11:18am
Did you? I thought your link was about water calligraphy, while mine is about snow calligraphy.
23 Apr 2012 — 11:30am
Just wait.
hhp
23 Apr 2012 — 8:09pm
> Did you?
uh-oh... Whoops -Someone (moi) was on a hair trigger today. Sorry.
:o\
R