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aafrophone -

Okay everyone, this is your chance to show your Handwriting Skills. All you have to do write a
paragraph or a few sentences (in Chinese) by hand. Then, Scan it, and upload it to here. Then you
can be giving suggestions for improvement for your handwriting. Everyone should try it!



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yonglin -

is this thead for native speakers or for learners of chinese...?!

if you're looking for the former, there are already a good couple of threads about that around
already.

if you're looking for the latter, i doubt your responses will be very interesting. a quote from a
chinese teacher of mine: 欧美同学写汉字都写得像小学生一样. i don't think this is
very far from the truth, although there are of course slightly better and slightly worse varities.










lokki -

Ok, I'll have a go. Comments?
- Incidentally 像小学生一样 does not strike me as a particularly bad rating. I'd be proud to
be at that level










adrianlondon -

Oh that's cheating! That's not just something you knocked up using a Bic and a scrap of paper you
had lying around, that's proper paint, brush and shufa stuff.

And it's pretty good! I did a few lessons of calligraphy and although some of my characters looked
fantastic, consistency wasn't one of my skills.










lokki -



Quote:

that's proper paint, brush and shufa stuff.

Faber Castell "PITT artist pen" actually. One of those pens with a soft pointed tip that bends and
adapts to pressure giving similar results as with a brush. Very handy for shufa. Sorry for
cheating, though I take it as praise. But I'll run a scan of my "normal" scribblings as well a
little later.

And thanks for the comment. I know what you mean about consistency. I guess this is another one of
those things that ultimately boil down to the three familiar P's: Practice, practice and practice.










bottledpoetry -

wow. looks like something I'd read off an instant noodle cup. Nice!










skylee -

Also see this thread -> Requesting some handwriting samples










shibole -

Have you compared the PITT artist pen against others? Mine in order of best to worst:

1. Pentel ColorBrush
2. Sailor Profit Brush Pen
3. Sakura Pigma Brush

The Pentel ColorBrush is the closest to the real 毛筆, with real hairlike bristles. The sailor
profit has bristles that are a bit too inflexible and isn't as good, but you can fill it like a
fountain pen with a converter (don't need to buy refills). The Pigma Brush really sucks as it has
a felt tip, most similar to your PITT artist pen though hopefully yours has a better tip. The
pigma brush tip seems to frey very easily.

Others I haven't tried yet:

- Kuretake Brush Pen (similar to the Sailor Profit, but no converter)
- Pentel Pocket Brush (synthetic bristles, no converter)
- Sailor Superscript (a fountain pen with a special bent nib)
- Other Chinese Calligraphy Fountain Pens similar to the Sailor Superscript

I get decent results with a normal fountain pen too. I really think people should learn to write
Chinese with a normal fountain pen. Fountain pens are just cool regardless though as I can mix my
own ink and fill them from bottles of ink.

BTW, the brush pens are called 軟毛筆 in Chinese.










LiYuanXi -

I think it's a nice idea to start the handwriting thread so that new users like me (perhaps I am
not so new but I disappeared for years!) can take part.

I will post up mine when I am free










lokki -

Thanks shiluobote for that list of different pens. No, I haven't tried any of the other ones yet,
but your info will come in handy when I do.

Here's a sample of my "normal" handwriting ("Pilot DR drawing pen"). It's just a scan of one of my
daily exercises - I didn't sit down and write it specifically for this thread.

You can probably see that I am still at a stage where I draw each character separately and rather
carefully and slowly, without the characteristic "flow" of handwriting proper. When I try doing it
more quickly the result deteriorates very rapidly.

I'd appreciate suggestions on how to progress from this point on towards a more natural
native-like flow in my handwriting. Comments are welcome.












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