Which pen is better for a writer?
Which is better for a writer, a rollerball fineliner or a fountain pen? I'll shortly be buying my first Montblanc pen. I do a serious amount of writing and am having a difficult time determining whether to buy their new fineliner/felt tip. It has a decent and crisp marker pen feeling and it can accept the standard rollerball refills. Alternatively, ought I side with the time-honored fountain pen, which is what nearly all writers seem to use? How come authors broadly favor fountain pens over the alternatives?
The fineliner and fountain pens feel fine in use, however the fineliner gives a marginally darker and heavier inktone to it. The fountain pen is also quite a bit more expensive. Is the Montblanc fountain pen worthy in the long run if I am attempting to become a published author one day? I am looking at the Boheme Platinum Doue as a fountain pen or perhaps the recent Cool Blue Starwalker in the RB/ Fineliner edition.
January 25th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
It’s stated that your handwriting is a great deal better when you use a conventional fountain pen, as when you put the cap on the top of your pen and write, your pen is forced backwards a little and this gives a special look. For a lot of people they discover that they can write a great deal better with fountain pens, as it is exactly what they’re used to and are comfy with.
Fountain pens have their own style, however buying a pen ought to be your own decision and you should buy something that feels right in your hands.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Fineliner ink is given to bleed if you allow it to get wet. A fountain pen does not glide across the paper in quite the same way and the ink can also bleed. A fine quality rollerball will write smoothly across the paper and the ink will not bleed. My personal decision would be a fountain pen as I love the way the nib sounds as it scratches over the paper.
January 29th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Give each of them a go and decide which is comfiest to you. No one ever became a wonderful author based upon the pen style they used. They acquired that accomplishment because they were great writers.
February 1st, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I am not from the Montblanc income grade, however I am an author with decades of experience. Taking for granted Montblanc supply an extra-fine rollerball tip, that would be my advice. Try them. My essential pen is a Pilot Precise V5, for its pace, total lack of drag and just about instant drying out. As they are liquid, ballpoint pens must be deputised on glossy materials, otherwise they smudge. I feel medium roller balls are too slow, fountain pens are messy and I’ve never sampled a fineliner.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
A quality Mont Blanc fountain pen is very fluent, the pen point reacts differently from felt or ballpoint pens, with tilt and pressure the line breadth will deviate and the final result is very appealing, particularly if the writer has a skillful hand. They’re really pleasant for an appealing signature, the style or color having no effect, merely in the possessors mind.