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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (13 children)

This could be niche, but I'm a fountain pen nerd. I love stationary, different types of papers inks and nibs and how they all influence the writing experience.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fountain pens are also for some people more disability friendly. Handwriting has sucked for me as long as I remember as it causes a lot of pain and cramping. Fountain pens glide easier and I can write longer with one than with any other type of pen.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Handwriting has sucked for me as long as I remember

So fountain pens are not the default tool for getting into handwriting everywhere? What did you use to learn to write with as a child?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In the US most kids learn with pencils. When I was a kid we used wooden pencils until mechanical ones were eventually allowed and ballpoint pen usage typically was discouraged until high school. I settled on smooth flow liquid ink ball point type pens for extensive handwriting nowadays.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm Finnish. We also start with wooden pencils and graduate to either ballpoint pens or some kind of fineliner marker. I am the only person I know with a fountain pen who actually uses it for normal writing. Mainly because it hurts so much less.

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