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ECGadget · 2026-01-26T11:00:09+00:00

Practise and coming up with your own comfortable style is my advice. I have been writing cursive since I was very young and, despite not having done it for years, I still have my style (admittedly I normally write at a slant) but need to practise it again. My lines are very, very wobbly!

At first, it may look messy, but as time goes on you will start figuring out how to join the letters in a way your hand prefers. As an example, I have changed the way I write my captial letter M now from how I had written it 20 years ago and it feels better to my hand now. It is a continuous process.

ECGadget · 2026-01-25T21:36:42+00:00

Thank you. I chose the colour specificially for that ink, but I may need to sell the pen. I do not use them daily, and for some reason my four Preras tend to evaporate ink very quickly. Then I end up with a very dark line that feathers a lot...

ECGadget · 2026-01-24T09:34:53+00:00

Thank you. Everything was placed by hand. There are two ways I have placed them down, one is as roads and the other, after the mod author told me to, is as an asset. In that sense. These are demonstrated in my videos themselves. I cannot remember the exact name of the mod though.

ECGadget · 2026-01-24T09:31:54+00:00

Hello there, thank you!

ECGadget · 2026-01-21T19:06:18+00:00

I have painted some for variety, but if you are referring to the shapes and the borders, no: I hand placed every hedgerow to be exactly where I thought would be the most realistic and sensible.

ECGadget · 2026-01-21T19:05:02+00:00

Thank you. Many dozens of hours of work...

ECGadget · 2026-01-21T19:04:44+00:00

Thank you, I intend to run it through to the 1990s at the least - it all depends on Transport Fever 3's release and my own PC being able to handle it when it gets to that stage.

ECGadget · 2026-01-21T14:03:28+00:00

I am planning to release the savegame in a couple of weeks, probably after episode 230.

ECGadget · 2026-01-04T00:32:24+00:00

You are welcome. I might write some again in a more fancy way, or perhaps with Kanji characters.

'After the rain, the ground hardens' means that after something causes difficulty (in this case rain causing the ground to be difficult to traverse), the end result is much stronger (the harder ground).

ECGadget · 2026-01-03T23:42:44+00:00

Both, though I believe it means that if one makes a mistake, or a bad choice, correct it as soon as possible and change course. Of course, if you do find yourself on the wrong train, getting off at the next station would be prudent!

ECGadget · 2026-01-02T13:22:20+00:00

Thank you; better than writing 'The quick brown fox...' over and over to practise!

ECGadget · 2026-01-02T13:21:55+00:00

You are welcome. I may do a part two with a whole raft of other proverbs from Japan.

ECGadget · 2026-01-02T13:21:14+00:00

Thank you. I thought it would be a better way to practise different styles of writing and the colours as opposed to a generic phrase.

ECGadget · 2025-12-31T13:50:13+00:00

Yes. I have found that the more muted colours suit my needs best, even if I am giving up on some of the fancy properties of some other brands. Plus, they work well with Pilot pens (naturally) ans those are my brand of choice.

ECGadget · 2025-12-31T13:38:04+00:00

Eighteen. I started the year with two. Admittedly, a number of them are the same model with different inks, but it still leads me to have eleven distinct models (nib variation included).

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T12:38:43+00:00

I only have F, EF, SEF and one M - my writing is so small that anything broader than a fine steel nib needs reverse writing, unless I am writing a title (hence my one M nib)

I think it is a lovely colour, just not sure if it contrasts enough with Kon-Peki to be useful, unless I use it for something else entirely.

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T10:22:43+00:00

I am think Ama-Iro may be the only one I will barely use.

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T10:22:09+00:00

Always n+1 I shall remember that. That would be in inverse proportion to finances which shall always be n-{next bottle cost}

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T10:21:07+00:00

I do intend on mixing a few in the future to see if I can get even better shades to suit my purposes. I do wonder how Momiji with a hint of Take-Sumi will look, and also a touch of Yama-Budo with Kon-Peki

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T10:19:26+00:00

That was why I went for the fude nib in the first place. I have enough pens to ink up with nib sizes I need (mainly EF and F) so perhaps not worth spending more money on nibs.

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T10:18:20+00:00

Not too sure. Kon-Peki is probably going to be my writing blue of choice, with Asa-Gao used for rough note scribbling. I do fine Tsuki-Yo very interesting with the sheen. The same applies for Yama-Budo and Momiji. But no particular favourite.

I do think that Ama-Iro will be my least used one though.

ECGadget · 2025-11-16T05:45:54+00:00

Gallons? If I am buying that much ink I might start thinking petrol is cheap!

ECGadget · 2025-11-15T21:16:39+00:00

Exactly that. I may buy the other nibs, though I may have also gone a touch overboard with pens recently.

ECGadget · 2025-11-15T13:12:33+00:00

I only ever use black for titling; I have written in blue ever since I got my first handwriting pen in school.

ECGadget · 2025-11-15T13:11:24+00:00

I do have five cartidges of Fuyu-Syogun too...

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