Writing

A 34-page DIN A5 Suetterlin practice booklet: one letter per page, a black glyph to start from, a grey row to trace and empty lines to write on. Ruled 2:3:2 for a 1.1 mm nib, guides at 76.5 degrees inside the writing band, printed at true size with a gauge on the cover. Front matter in German and English, writing pages shared.

Salix and Scabiosa mixed 1:1 give the colour I wanted right away — but on my flex nib the mix wrote far too dry and railroaded. A knife-tip of dishwasher detergent powder fixed the flow and deepened the colour; only drying time suffered.