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So, recently in talks with my friend [member="Jorj Kell"], we were discussing handwritten Aurebesh. Also, we tried talking about cursive Aurebesh and both concluded that it would be awful (the block characters don't well lend themselves to an easy shorthand).
Then again, maybe if a decent sample size of people were trained in Aurebesh and told to write strictly in Aurebesh for years, we might see a cursive emerge...but I digress.
Anyway, being the pen aficionado that I am, I pulled out a Pilot Parallel (which is a flat-nibbed fountain pen meant for calligraphy) and tried my hand at writing the alphabet. It was sort of okay, and I think I could do a bit better with some practice, but it's not my best work.
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Part of the problem is how a nib writes, as opposed to a ballpoint or brush. The metal nib works best when pulled down, so upstrokes were more difficult and don't take the best advantage of the pen's wide capabilities.
Today, I picked up a brush pen at an art store. It's technically supposed to be a waterbrush, like for diluting paints on the canvas, but I filled it with fountain pen ink (which is water based). After a few drafts and a bit of work, I came up with this:
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Some of the tracing lines are still showing, so I might redo it to eliminate those and work on more consistent strokes. The basics are there, however.
Just sharing in case anyone likes this sort of thing.
Then again, maybe if a decent sample size of people were trained in Aurebesh and told to write strictly in Aurebesh for years, we might see a cursive emerge...but I digress.
Anyway, being the pen aficionado that I am, I pulled out a Pilot Parallel (which is a flat-nibbed fountain pen meant for calligraphy) and tried my hand at writing the alphabet. It was sort of okay, and I think I could do a bit better with some practice, but it's not my best work.
(Full Size)
Part of the problem is how a nib writes, as opposed to a ballpoint or brush. The metal nib works best when pulled down, so upstrokes were more difficult and don't take the best advantage of the pen's wide capabilities.
Today, I picked up a brush pen at an art store. It's technically supposed to be a waterbrush, like for diluting paints on the canvas, but I filled it with fountain pen ink (which is water based). After a few drafts and a bit of work, I came up with this:
(Full Size)
Some of the tracing lines are still showing, so I might redo it to eliminate those and work on more consistent strokes. The basics are there, however.
Just sharing in case anyone likes this sort of thing.
