[Scriptoris] Pen nibs

[Hillary Greenslade]

Each brand has their own size definitions, there is not a global size standard.  I have a sheet
that corrolates what size from NibX is equal to what size of NibY.  I believe it was created by
Letter Arts Review magazine or Journal for the Calligraphic Arts, but will try to see if I can
find it.

On the Speedballs, I tend to use the 2's and 3's for teaching, and then down to smaller sizes for
my own projects, though I use the 2 a lot for my projects (I believe the higher numbers are
larger, by don't have the samples here at work).  

I will look for my comparison sheet tonight and post. 
Hillary 

--- Claryce Orfevre <claryce at cox.net> wrote:
> Okay,  I've looked at the *wonderful* websites for art supplies, and there's definitely an order
> going to be placed very soon, but one (more) question about calligraphy pen nibs.
> 
> Hillary listed several names, but no sizes.  I'm currently using the standard Speedball C-3. 
> What's the best nib and size to go to next?  It would be nice to order those as well, when I'm
> ordering paints.  I saw on the sites that the size for the other brands is very different from
> the C-1,2,3,4,5 that I'm used to, so with the brand name, I need the size that gets me closest
> to the C-3.
> 
> Thanks!!
> Claryce
> Still pretty clueless about this scribe thing.
> 
> 
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