It is best to use a pen or fountain pen for hard pen calligraphy.

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1. Features of the pen

The pen has the characteristics of high hardness and thin nib, and is suitable for tracing lines and sketching details. Among them, there are two common pens: gold-plated nib and stainless steel nib. The former is usually more expensive but more durable, while the latter is relatively economical but easy to wear. When using a pen, you need to pay attention to control the strength and turning point to avoid problems such as uneven fonts.

Although the pen is a kind of writing tool, like other commodities, merchants will design many unique styles to attract buyers. Buyers can comprehensively consider color, shape and materials, which are directly related to the price.

2. Features of fountain pen

A fountain pen is a writing tool that uses water as an ink substitute, which is characterized by portability and portability. In terms of lines, fountain pens are slightly inferior to pens, so when writing meticulous and exquisite fonts, pens are still needed.

fountain pens are mainly suitable for sketches, cursive scripts, running scripts and other styles, but there may be some problems in the filling color of fonts.

when writing with fountain pen, don't put your pen down too heavily, which exceeds the elastic limit. After a long time, there will be the separation of the sharp seams, the thickening of handwriting, the fluency of writing, and even the phenomenon of paper pulling. When writing, you should also pay attention to the angle, not to the left or right, but to write with the front of the nib, otherwise it will not only affect the appearance, but also easily rough the paper.

3. Selection of other writing tools

In addition to pens and fountain pens, writing tools such as brushes, pencils and ballpoint pens can also be used for hard pen calligraphy. However, the brush is suitable for writing in large fonts such as regular script and running script because of its wide lines, and the fountain pen is easier to write and master than the brush in cursive script. Pencils and ballpoint pens are suitable for sketching and sketching, but the large nib limits the detail of writing.

4. Summary

In short, no matter what type of hard-pen calligraphy tool you choose, you need to pay attention to controlling the strength, turning and speed to ensure the accuracy and beauty of the font as much as possible.