What comes through
- The shape of every letter, your slant, and the habits that make your hand yours.
- Three versions of your 18 most-used letters, rotated as you type, so repeats never look stamped.
- Your ink color, near enough: put the ink’s name in the notes when you upload and we’ll send a matching color code to set in Word.
What doesn’t
- Shading, sheen and flex-nib line variation. A font is one solid color, so those flatten out. The letterforms survive; the ink drama stays on paper.
- Medium and broad nibs with well-saturated ink give the cleanest result. Extra-fine nibs work but come out a little spindly.
Filling in the chart with a fountain pen
- Use a dark, saturated ink: black, blue-black, dark blue, oxblood. Skip shimmer and pale inks.
- Print on 90 gsm (24 lb) paper or heavier so nothing feathers or bleeds.
- Let each sheet dry for ten minutes. Wet ink and sheen reflect light and confuse the camera.
- Photograph in daylight, no flash, phone held flat above the page.
Same words, two fonts.
Our founder Craig’s handwriting, made into a font with the same chart you’ll fill in.
I have 47 bottles of ink and nothing to say in Times New Roman.
Do not borrow the pen. Do not ask about the pen.
My nib cost more than your printer.
Inked today: oxblood. Mood: also oxblood.
Yes, I still write thank-you notes. No, you may not hold the pen.
Grocery list: ink, more ink, paper for the ink, milk.