Using a calligraphy pen when I don't know calligraphy?

annie6672 · December 2010

So I got all ready to address my invitations but I noticed that I only have a Bic black pen. I got paranoid that it will take away from how nice and formal the invitations look. I don't know if I'm over thinking it though.

Have you used a regular pen if you addressed evelopes yourself?
If not, what did you use?
Has anyone bought a calligraphy pen and used it just to write in normal handwriting, not knowing calligraphy?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

ootmother2 · December 2010

You can find a calligraphy pen at most stationery stores. They even make markers that resemble calligraphy pens.

If you can print, you can do calligraphy if you have the pen

Tanq&Tonic · December 2010

I took calligraphy in like...6th grade. I remember some of the principles -- eg, hold the pen so the wide part is at a 45 degree angle. Other than that, I just used a variation of my normal handwriting & think it looks fine. Definitely nicer than a ball point pen, and not as nice a professional calligraphy, but good enough for us. I got my set at Michaels with interchangeable tips. I have only ever used the smallest tip.

If you don't want to use a calligraphy pen, you could at least consider one of those gel pens for a sleeker, more consistent line - I'm a fan of the Pilot G2 series.

annie6672 · December 2010

OOOOH! I like the sounds of these two posts...there is light at the end of the tunnel on this...thank you so much!

Karen's MOH · December 2010

I used a gold paint-type calligraphy pen and used my normal cursive, and it looked really good. People were surprised I did it myself (or they were just being nice). I tried using one of those calligraphy marker things and it looked like a second grader just learning cursive.

The gold paint type pen looked way better, partly because the end was a little softer, but sometimes it did make blobs of gold ink, especially towards the end when the pen was getting old.

artbyallie · December 2010

You can write normally with a calligraphy pen, just make sure the whole tip (not one corner of it, which is how FI did it until I showed him how) is touching the paper, as a PP said, at a 45 degree angle, and write normally. Practice first before touching your real invites.

annie6672 · December 2010

Great advice...thank you!

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