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In Topic: Southpaw with a Fountain Pen!
15 October 2012 - 06:57 AM
In Topic: Hello from Washington State
14 October 2012 - 04:52 AM
Welcome!
You will find the folks here on the Fountain Pen Board really great, knowledgable and super friendly!
Greg Minuskin
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to some good times.
In Topic: Southpaw with a Fountain Pen!
14 October 2012 - 04:46 AM
Guess what? I am left handed too!
Greg Minuskin
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Hooray! Lefties unite! I have heard that all people are born right-handed, but only the truly brilliant are able to overcome it
Do you have any special penmanship tricks?
In Topic: Southpaw with a Fountain Pen!
14 October 2012 - 04:45 AM
OK!
The first is a general book but has a couple of helpful pages with ideas for left-handed writers. Excellent coverage of the basic use of the pen. Bear in mind it is out of print, but seems to be quite a few copies available (for used books I always go to www.abebooks.com) - "The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting - Cursive and Calligraphic" by Fred Eager.
The other book I purchased last year at the LA Pen show from the nibs.com people (John Mottishaw, et al) and is pretty specific: "Left Handed Calligraphy" by Vance Studley.
Hopefully one or both of those would give you some good advice on general principles. Not that everyone needs to be a flawless Spencerian calligrapher, but it is helpful to see the differing approaches to left-handed fountain pen use. Not impossible, just takes some adjustment.
Thanks for the titles, Jon!
In Topic: Southpaw with a Fountain Pen!
12 October 2012 - 07:03 PM
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