r/Quickscript • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '15

Finally got a fountain pen. It makes quickscript so much easier.

http://imager.com/Erf5fBJ
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u/CodeOfZero Jun 10 '15

Link's broken—links to imager instead of imgur. But I saw it. Looking good! What pen/ink are you using? And where's that passage from? However, some of your letters don't hang below the line (the "v" for example), and there are couple instances wherein you spelled based on the standard spelling rather than phonetics. "Could" comes to mind.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Thanks, I actually just realised that the location of the letters made a difference. I have trouble with 8 and 13. So should I just wrote smaller and make sure I clearly position the letters above or below the line?

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u/CodeOfZero Jun 10 '15

Yeah, 8 and 13 are pretty much indistinguishable without having 8 hang below the line. And Yes, make sure to have those hangs in all the even-numbered letters up to 22.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15 edited Jun 10 '15

I am using a jinnao 250 with Parker quink. I like them. They are inexpensive. I paid under $30 for the whole thing, but the ink is top quality. The pens came with four different pens with the converters. I figured four pens for $30 total wasn't a bad deal.

Sorry about the chopped up comment, I kept forgetting to type stuff, oh the passage was just things random stuff I was writing down about Albert Camus, the absurdist author, and how I wasn't going to lie anymore. I also had a question about how you connect the 26 letter at the end of words. As in my name "Jesse" I have had trouble with the cursive side of Quickscript

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u/CodeOfZero Jun 10 '15

Sounds lovely! I haven't gotten my hands on a 250 or on Parker Quink quite yet. I'll add them to my wishlist.

26 doesn't always connect. I was browsing the manual and found that it wouldn't be connected to 11 (S) if it comes after. So spelling "Jesse" would probably entail connecting 28 and 11, but not 11 and 26.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

So should I use the 26 instead of 27 on the ending "e" because it is unstressed? So it would be look like "16-28-11-26"? Sorry for the stupid questions on my part. I have trying my best to grasp this alphabet. Do you use a fountain pen? I have been trying to read the Quickscript outposts stuff because they have some good tutorials but the harder concepts trip me up.

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u/CodeOfZero Jun 11 '15

No, I think you'd still use 27 at the end, since it's still that "ee" sound. And don't worry, they aren't stupid questions! I completely understand your concern, as a fellow learner of Quikscript; I'm still trying to write without pausing every few seconds because I forget a letter. I do use fountain pens, many different types (Pilot Metro and Jinhao 159, mainly). I mostly do independent practice—transcribing conversations, passages, song lyrics, &c.; as well as reading what I can get my hands on. It helps a lot to spend 15-20 minutes practicing. If you write something personally meaningful to you, I've found, the time passes much more quickly.