The Calligraphy Pen

Calligraphy pen use, buying guide and maintenance tips.

Entries for June, 2008

MontBlanc Fountain Pens

We come to the most popularly collected fountain pen brand in the world, Montblanc. The Mont Blanc Fountain Pens have a distinctive appeal to them. Mont Blanc pens are handcrafted by Master Craftsmen with great care going into every pen created.
Browse through the following Montblanc fountain pens for sale or find out about some of […]

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Lamy Calligraphy Fountain Pens

Lamy fountain pens have a strong reputation as sturdy, reliable pens that are comfortable to use. Lamy is one of the leading fountain pen manufacturers in Germany and the fountain pens are sought after the world over.
You have the opportunity to by the Lamy Fountain or Calligraphy Pens you are after as you move down the […]

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Calligraphy Alphabets | Gothic Hand

This continues the presentation of scripts in which you can practice with your calligraphy pen. To date we have taken a look at Foundational Hand, Uncial Hand and Roman Capitals. This article is a presentation of one of the many Gothic Hands. Gothic script includes many variations such as Gothic Textura Quadrata, Gothic Quadrata Prescius, […]

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Calligraphy Alphabets | Roman Capitals

Your new calligraphy pen (or maybe even your old calligraphy pen) shouldn’t sit idly with nothing to do. So far we have explored two popular scripts, the Foundational Hand and the Uncial Hand. We will now add another alphabet to learn and practice.
Roman Capitals are a majuscule script. In other words the letters are only […]

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Calligraphy Alphabets | Uncial Hand

This is another entry in an ongoing series that presents some of the most common types of calligraphy alphabets. These alphabets are among the more popular, common and are used as a good starting point for beginner calligraphers. Other alphabets covered in this series include: Foundational hand, Roman Capitals, Gothic hand, Italic hand, Copperplate hand, Rustic hand, […]

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