Nibs n Angles

NIBS AND ANGLES 

Whether you use a metal pen or marker or even a digital pen dealing with letter forms for calligraphy or typography requires some kind of nib 

Detachable metal shaped fibre tip pressure sensitive etc

 

This is a cropped shot of part of a page from a calligraphy manual in my reference collection 

Anyway note the 45 degree angle to the page 

Depending on what program you use you may have to change an angle setting to get the most effective result ?

Why worry if you're using digital ?

 What if a work requires an image of say a page of a handwritten manuscript or you're creating fonts? 

Its worthwhile to check out older calligraphy manuals that illustrate pen angles 

I have more images to share over the next few posts 

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