Friday, May 18, 2012

Fountain Pen 101: Terminology 2, Fountain Pens In Use

Here I show you examples of basic fountain pen/ink/paper terminology, including: Feathering (0:53), Bleedthrough (1:24), Ghosting/Show-through/Echo (1:41), Spread (1:53), Dry Time (2:40), Feedback/Tooth (3:18), G/GSM (paper weight) (4:18), Sizing (paper coating) (5:11), Absorbency (5:53), Nib Creep (6:29), Saturation (6:51), Shading (7:42), Flow (8:23), Skipping (8:36), Starting (9:17), Flex/Spring/Softness (9:45), (Nib) Grind (9:50)