you just dip it in the bottle of ink, and ink will be on it, then you write with it like you would with a normal pen or pencil.
because you are probably putting too much pressure on the nib, try leaning a little lighter when writing next time :-)
ball pointAnswer:A proper pen has a nib at its tip, not a ball point. A nib is a steel device which i designed to hold a small reserve of ink either filled by dipping into an ink well or by drawing on a bladder in a fountain pen. The nib is split so that increased writing pressure makes a wider mark on the page. A pen nib may be designed for either cursive writing or calligraphy.
The maktas (or maqtas) is a slab with a groove in it to hold the reed while carving the nib used in Persian calligraphy - carved nacre was used for very decorative maktas.
I believe a nib is a piece on the radiator itself.
I dipped the nib of the pen into the inkwell to write a letter.
It is named after NIB Health Insurance, which derived its name from the Newcastle Industrial Benefits Health fund.
On Howrse NIB stands for Non inbred
calligraphy
Nib health funds was created in 1952.
In my primary schoodays we used dip pens. We had a pen with a nib fixed at the end, and we had to dip the nib into an inkwell after writing a few words ... From time to time the nib wore out and had to be replaced. Fountain pens also have nibs.
Calligraphy simply means beautiful writing and if you go on Google.com and type in calligraphy or even calligraphy alphabet it will come up with three pictures and a lot of written responds.
Red Nib. has written: 'The problem of the partition of Ireland'