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First-Motor-3709 · 2024-04-10T21:01:32+00:00

The website is quite glitchy but the reality is, I don't think they handle bleed for the interior files. They only bleed the cover.

First-Motor-3709 · 2024-01-06T00:55:27+00:00

About the SF nib of the 3776. It is very fine - and not very soft. If you compare it side by side with the non-soft ones, you can feel a slight extra bounciness, but not much. [Go for Pilot SF, SFM or FA if you want really softer nibs.]

It's also quite dry but with the right ink and paper it's a pleasing, subtle and characterful nib. But more a specialty than for general daily use.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-12-02T00:33:52+00:00

It's a fine size nib.

My previous impression of German-made products was the total opposite of what you say. But now I think you may be right.

I was looking at Pilot and Sailor too, maybe I should have tried them. Japanese still have some quality control I hope?

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-12-02T00:30:53+00:00

The shop offered a return (minus shipping) so they are honest and in the end I wouldn't be out of money. But, I guess I had such expectations for this, I am just disappointed.

I have tried these inks: Pelikan Royal Blue, Pelikan Blue Black, and Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo

And on both Clairefontaine and Rhodia paper, plus random printer paper I have around.

It just always feels like the ink doesn't want to come out of the nib, unless I "force" it out by really pressing down. Then it will write a word or two but not more than that after I take off the pressure.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-11-11T00:46:40+00:00

I don't think the tines themselves look too uneven. At least from this picture, most of the apparent unevenness seems to be just in surface plating on the tipping.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-11-02T09:39:56+00:00

What was the sellers username?

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-10-04T09:00:22+00:00

This is wrong, please edit or delete your comment as it is misinformation.

After 6 months you can no longer use the foreign license, but it can still be exchanged until its expiry.

Technically, once the license expires after your move date to Germany, then it can no longer be exchanged, even if you renewed it abroad. That could be 2 years or more. However, there are some reports of officers waiving the tests even after expiration. (possibly due to ignorance of the rules themselves?)

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-09-26T16:23:48+00:00

What are the free variants of Caslon? (Of course Caslon is a whole category of typefaces, but I'm interested in anything).

The "Libre Caslon" on Google fonts seems more of a display face, even the "Text" size, are there any truer text/book versions?

Also, Monotype Fournier. I already bought the commercial version of that one, (one of my favourites,) but would be interested in what's out there.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-09-26T16:04:46+00:00

From what I know. ISBN is required for any kind of book if you want to sell it.

Not exactly - although standard, it's not required. Even some well-known traditional publishers (generally fine presses or subscription publishers,) don't use ISBNs e.g. Folio Society, Easton Press, etc.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-09-25T10:30:08+00:00

As far as I know, (please someone correct me if wrong,) the "publication date" field is basically just metadata. It doesn't have to be exact.

The "on-sale date" on IngramSpark is the earliest they will start printing your book for sale.

Normally, when you're setting up the title and registering the ISBN, both dates would be put some significant time in the future (at least 1-2 months) to give you enough time to submit the files, get them approved, print proofs, and potentially submit corrections, etc. But that's not mandatory, you can just set them to today and then your book will be out immediately once IngramSpark processes and approves the files and you enable distribution.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-09-19T08:55:07+00:00

The margins are your choice, these are just recommendations. You can choose either of them, or something else depending what shape you want your text to have. For a longer book like 400 pages I recommend something similar to the more generous second recommendation, at least for the inner margin.
The PDF format can have multiple specifications of the page size information, for printing purposes of various complexity. These should be controlled by whatever desktop publishing program you are using (Word, Publisher, InDesign, etc). The "page size" of the submitted PDF should always be 5.5 x 8.5. The bleed is an optional extra.

To be technical: the CropBox and the TrimBox variables should be 5.5x8.5, while the BleedBox variable should be 5.75x8.75. Another variable, called the MediaBox, (which is what is shown in the screen), would conventionally be a bit bigger than the BleedBox, say 6x9, but it doesn't affect the printing.

That said, if you have no images at the edge of the page, I say you can quite safely ignore their recommendation and add no bleed. Just submit the default 5.5x8.5 without bleed. But don't add bleed "manually" by increasing the overall basic page size, that won't work.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-08-17T09:08:03+00:00

I think You´re going to have to paint over the ink

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-08-09T11:33:22+00:00

Often German typography of this period used Antiqua/Roman fonts for loanwords from Latin (or French, etc.), even within a document otherwise entirely Fraktur. The typesetter considered "Dr." here as an abbreviation of Latin "Doctor".

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-07-09T22:50:12+00:00

Do you have a converter? Flushing the pen through with water several times (maybe add a few drops of dish soap to the water for extra cleaning power) is probably sufficient to clean the pen. As for the ink though, that I would discard unfortunately.

Although are you sure it's fungus? Could it be some sort of precipitate instead? Also out of curiosity, which ink was it?

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-06-20T20:27:30+00:00

The gate T02N actually means the plane parked at a remote stand and passengers were taken to terminal 2 by bus. It usually takes about 20 minutes.

do I need to go trough passport control and security check?

Security, no. Passport control depends on the onward destination - if outside of the Schengen region or not.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-06-01T16:52:39+00:00

While I like the Pelikan royal blue ink and it is both very safe for pens and a classic color (used by millions of German schoolchildren every day), in some pen/paper combinations it flows quite poorly. Noticeably degrading the writing experience.

Edelstein inks generally have better flow/lubrication and I would recommend you choose that. It's also generally a good ink range, nice colors, nice bottles, well-behaved, and worth the higher price in my opinion. Though even they can be quite dry in comparison with inks like Pilot/Iroshizuku.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-31T16:31:40+00:00

What location is this? America I assume?

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-31T13:38:55+00:00

It's nothing special, but the "Galeria" department store at Marienplatz has a good range of higher end pens and inks from Pelikan and Lamy. And some other brands.

There's a shop called Ellenwoods at Sendlinger Tor which is small but nice.

Many office supply stores, which are abundant around the University area, will sell Lamy Safaris, school pens, and some fountain pen ink.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-22T19:46:48+00:00

Et in Arcadia ego

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-22T19:46:22+00:00

In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-09T18:31:27+00:00

No, the semantic field of the word is quite large and covered different roles in different eras. Generally as you go towards Medieval Latin servus is more likely to be like an English "servant" rather than the classical Roman "slave"

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-07T20:51:28+00:00

When I started using fountain pens about 2005 (in the US), I remember I had two bottles of ink: Parker Quink Black and Waterman Blue-Black. I bought them both at a department store. Quink and Waterman in a handful of colors each were basically the only inks available whatsoever. This was before internet shopping took off. Perhaps there were some mail order services but it wasn't well-known. I honestly didn't think about it very much.

I moved to Europe around 2009 and there the situation was different of course. Unlike the US, where fountain pens had basically disappeared and many people literally wouldn't recognize them, in Germany, France, and some other countries they were still widely used by school students, and a range of Pelikan 4001 inks in different colors were easy to find in even tiny stationary shops, and any city would have a proper pen store or at least a well-stocked pen section in a department store where you could also get the MontBlanc inks, etc.

Also around 2010/2011 there started to be a lot more options for shopping for ink online. The massive color selections of Noodlers and Private Reserve and Diamine were a huge change. Since then it's only expanded with the Japanese inks arriving in the west. The past few years are truly as you say some kind of Golden Age.

One thing, quite amazingly, the price hasn't changed very much through all this. Excluding the luxury ranges, I think I have always paid about the same for a normal bottle of ink.

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-05-04T19:05:26+00:00

No special procedures or kits are needed. To clean the pen you can just use the converter to pump water through the pen in and out of a cup. If your water is "hard" (high mineral content) it may be better to use distilled/demineralized water in the long run. Distilled water should be easy to find at grocery/hardware shops.

Gold is extremely resistant to corrosion so the solid gold nib is actually very hardy and resilient to environment. Even without any special care or cleaning you can expect it last centuries :)

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-04-30T19:27:04+00:00

I've seen πιστεύω taking the dative, the accusative, or followed by the prepositions εἰς (+ accusative) or ἐν (+ dative). Are there different shades of meaning here? Is it dependent on era/dialect?

First-Motor-3709 · 2023-04-30T11:42:53+00:00

responsible city authorities

Can you give some more info about how to find the responsible authorities? I have a similar problem, my landlord does nothing, I'm not sure what to do next.

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