{"id":872,"date":"2016-12-27T06:47:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2017-03-02T22:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T04:21:35","slug":"the-elusive-cursive-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"The elusive cursive Q"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I finally remembered how to write a cursive capital Q.\u00a0 For some of you that may not be a big thing, but I hadn&#8217;t done that for quite a while.\u00a0 I would guess that most people don&#8217;t write in cursive (or at least not exclusively).\u00a0 I throw in a printed capital letter every once in a while, but I&#8217;m trying to do better.\u00a0 F, Q, T, and Z are my downfall, but not too many capitalized words start with a Z.\u00a0 Unless, of course, you&#8217;re writing about the African savannah (that&#8217;s a cool word, isn&#8217;t it).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also picked up another fountain pen, a TWSBI Vac 700 in amber, which is no longer in production.\u00a0 You can probably track one down if you&#8217;re interested; it&#8217;s not impossible, it just takes patience.\u00a0 The vac filler is fascinating to watch in action, and it just works.\u00a0 The ink capacity is more than most, and you can easily see how much ink remains in the pen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-938\" style=\"width: 739px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_371.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-938 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_371.png\" width=\"739\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_371.png 739w, https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_371-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TWSBI Vac 700 Amber (out of production)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, I got the same fine point nib that the Diamond 580 has, and now I wish that I&#8217;d chosen a different nib.\u00a0 Maybe a broad nib would have been a good choice, just for something different.\u00a0 That&#8217;s one of the appeals of a good fountain pen &#8211; you can choose a different nib and change the appearance of your writing.\u00a0 Yes, it&#8217;s a small thing, but since it&#8217;s so easy, why not experiment a bit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I finally remembered how to write a cursive capital Q.\u00a0 For some of you that may not be a big thing, but I hadn&#8217;t done that for quite a while.\u00a0 I would guess that most people don&#8217;t write in cursive (or at least not exclusively).\u00a0 I throw in a printed capital letter every once &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=872\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The elusive cursive Q&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}