dip pens
Calligrapher's writing instruments
A dip pen is a writing instrument with a metal nib that must be repeatedly dipped in ink.
Unlike fountain pens, dip pens have no internal reservoir—you dip, write a few words, dip again.
They remain popular for calligraphy and illustration because different nibs produce varied line weights: She keeps a collection of dip pens for her lettering work.
Pen's writing tip
- inkwellContainer for dipping pens
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- swashWater flowing over ground
- letteringStyled written characters
copperplate · italic · uncial · gothic · cursive · script · strokes · hairline
Tapering to a tip
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- stubRetained portion after detachment
- italicSlanted letter style
- broadWide in span
fine · oblique · steel · gold · tipping · tines · slit · feed
Intersecting parallel lines for tone
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- lineworkDrawn strokes in art
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- drawingMarks forming a picture
comic art · manga · botanical · technical · architectural · engraving · etching · woodcut
Container for dipping pens
- inkstandDesk vessel for writing fluid
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- sepiaReddish-brown pigment
- pigmentColor-imparting material
viscosity · flow · saturation · bleed · feathering · drying · waterproof · archival
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- heirloomInherited family treasure
nostalgic · retro · classic · ephemera · correspondence · epistolary · sealing wax · stationery
nib
Pen's writing tip
lettering · copperplate · italic · uncial · gothic · cursive · script · strokes · hairline · shading
pointed
Tapering to a tip
broad · fine · oblique · steel · gold · tipping · tines · slit · feed · shank
crosshatching
Intersecting parallel lines for tone
drawing · comic art · manga · botanical · technical · architectural · engraving · etching · woodcut · penwork
inkwell
Container for dipping pens
pigment · viscosity · flow · saturation · bleed · feathering · drying · waterproof · archival · bottled
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
heirloom · nostalgic · retro · classic · ephemera · correspondence · epistolary · sealing wax · stationery · desk set
- steel pensnibs, penholders
dip pensballpoint pens
Ink writers with rolling tips
rollerball pens · gel pens · fountain pens · felt-tip pens · marker pens
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