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Materials notes
Understand what the tool changes before replacing it.
These notes explain how nib profile, holder angle, ink loading and paper surface influence the mark.
Nibs
Different nibs vary in flexibility, tine geometry and how quickly they respond to pressure. The goal is not to rank them, but to learn what visible differences they produce.
Ink & paper
Skipping, pooling and feathering can come from different interactions between ink viscosity, nib loading and paper absorbency. Test one variable at a time.
