[Scriptoris] Pen Nibs
Hillary Greenslade
hillaryrg at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 4 10:41:04 PST 2004
Ok, this probably won't translate well, but I have created an Excel speadsheet with the Pen Nib
Widths comparison. If it is not printable, then e-mail me and I'll send you an attachment.
Originally published in the 'Fourth Manual for the Calligraphic Arts' by Jane Van Milligen ISBN
0-9617137-3-9, from the Center for Calligraphic Arts (1991). This series is wonderful and worth
having, though probably out-of-print.
This nib sheet was originally distributed by Zenaida, from issue number 2, my list is recopied
from issue number 4, so there may be a slight variance.
Hillary
Nib Width Comparison Chart
Millimeters0.5 0.6 0.75 0.9 1 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.9 2 2.3 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 6 6.35 8 9.45 12.7 19
Automatic 1 2 3 3-A 4 5 6
Brause 1/2 3/4 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5
Coit N6 N7 N8 N1
Elegant Writer XF F M BR XB
Emmit 1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4
H & B 1/2 3/4 1 1 1/2 2 2 1/2
Hiro .5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5
Mitchell Italic 5 4 3 2 1
Roundhand 6 5 4 3 1/2 3 2 1/2 2 1 1/2 1 0
Mitchell Witch 1 2 2 1/2 3 4
Osmiroid XF F M BR B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B8 B10
Parker F M B
Pendance 1/2 3/4
Platignum XF F M BR B2 B3 B4
Reform 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.3
Rond 4 1/2 4 3 1/2 3 2 1/2 2 1 1/2 1
Rotring 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.3
Sheaffer F M BR
Speedball C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0 C 1/4 C 3/8 C 1/2 C 3/4
Steel Brush 1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4
Tape 1/2 1.5 2 2.5 3 4
Waterman stub
Recopied from the 'Fourth Manual for the Calligraphic Arts' by Jane Van Milligen ISBN
0-9617137-3-9, from the Center for Calligraphic Arts (1991)
Hillary Rose Greenslade, Ansteorra 2004
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