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Since we broke the pens out of storage, Katy's been taking up calligraphy. She's rather good at it too.

Anyhow, I cautioned her against using cheap paper with a #FountainPen because I've found it to be an unpleasant experience. Despite this, she's using a notepad from the dollar store. As it turns out, the paper is surprisingly good quality. No feathering or bleed through whatsoever.

Colour me impressed.

#fountainpen
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Art Delano
Art Delano
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I've used fountain pens on a variety of papers. Cheap American notebooks are usually not bad -- in fact my gripe with them is usually that the ruling is always too dark, the paper itself is okay.
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paradoxmo
paradoxmo
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generally, Vietnamese paper is pretty good for FPs. Vietnamese paper often shows up in cheap binder notebook paper or composition books, so I’m not surprised that it could show up in a dollar store notepad
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So, while there is a #FountainPen community here in the fedi, is there a #teeline community?
#fountainpen #teeline
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Seven βœ¨πŸ‚βœ¨
Seven βœ¨πŸ‚βœ¨
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Goodness, this has made me feel a tad nostalgic. I used pitman in my work, but a music journalist flatmate was taught teeline. I wonder if there’s much need for either these days…
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Jonathan Lamothe
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@Seven βœ¨πŸ‚βœ¨ For me, it's part practical, part just because it's cool. I have ADHD and sometimes my brain runs faster than my hand can write. I tend to type notes, but I don't always have a keyboard handy.

I also like being able to write notes without having someone read over my shoulder... unless of course they happen to be a British journalist, which is unlikely in Canada.

@Seven βœ¨πŸ‚βœ¨
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So I've got my dedicated #BaystateBlue #FountainPen back to about 90% working again. I'm now leaving it soaking in distilled water for a few days to hopefully get the flow through the feed completely back to normal. I usually use regular tap water, but since our water's so hard here, I figured it was worth using distilled instead, especially since we still had some laying around.
#fountainpen #BaystateBlue

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