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ergative , (edited ) to random
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(Edited to replace paywalled link with free link)

What an odd, uninformed article about . I am delighted that it's experiencing a revival, but it gets so many things wrong!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/style/calligraphy-handwriting-revival.html?u2g=i&unlocked_article_code=1.v00.IlC9.jReCdqJo_2QE&smid=url-share
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paradoxmo ,
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@ergative behind paywall unfortunately ):

mnl , to random
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i lost my pencase with my two resin falcons and refill bottles and I am so distraught. At least they're easy (if costly) to replace and I have plenty of pens to go with in the meantime, but damn, the psychological impact is wild.

paradoxmo ,
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@mnl ): I feel you, I’ve lost pens before and had a close call a couple months ago

ergative , to random
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I'm reading a book that mentions inherited , but also is set before railways to Inverness opened, so I'm doing a bit of research into relative timelines to see if this is even possible.

Turns out it is, just barely: First railway to Inverness opened 1854, while eyedropper fountain pens were patented in 1809. So if this takes place 1850, fountain pen is 30 years old, it's possible. (But not if pen is self-filling, patented in1832.)

Did the author check dates, or just get lucky?

paradoxmo ,
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@ergative there’s a scene in the movie Topsy-Turvy, which takes place in 1880-1885, where they discuss the first mass market fountain pens as a novelty, “the ink is inside the pen” and all that

paradoxmo ,
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@ergative Mikado premiered in 1885 (hence the setting of the movie)

paradoxmo ,
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@ergative I think the scene about FPs was a lot earlier though, not sure exactly what year it would have been

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