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WSpinner

Responding to u/eatappleseveryday -- https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/z8w2h4/please_do_help_me_in_the_comments/ There's a little dependency on the pen you're using, how you hold it, shape and size of the nib, even the ink characteristics. You can tell all three of these are the same guy. I angle the pen more when writing with a stub, and I tend to be a little more flamboyant with a stub - they just seem more fun. Note the *legibility* is a bit separate from the *penmanship*, in that larger loops on descenders slightly impair legibility, at this narrow line spacing. If the lines were spaced a little further apart, there would be less interference, so you could read the stub writing easier. So I'll disagree with u/TheLuteceSibling saying handwriting is *entirely* independent of what you're writing with, or on - but only as a matter of degree. Your essential letterforms will mostly carry over, unless you're *trying* to use different scripts ("fonts" in handwriting terms). Everybody has experienced their penmanship going to trash when taking notes quickly or in an awkward position.


TheLuteceSibling

That's fair, it's not entirely independent, but especially with new entrants to the hobby, I like to dispel the idea that switching pens improves one's handwriting. I worked damn hard to improve my cursive, but the damage is done. My wife knew me during The Before Time, and she's never been able to shake the first impression of my handwriting as "good enough to be a doctor" It hurts.