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COMING SOON.
“The painter works with light, but the shadows give the light its character. Most painters begin with the dark colors, and layer on the lights. But I prefer to work in the opposite direction. When I begin, the canvas is white—the color of pure light. Each stroke of the brush is, in a manner of speaking, a shadow. I make my art by taking away light. When I say that I work with light, therefore, I really ought to say that I work against light.” She gave him one of her enigmatic smiles. “I am an angel of darkness.”
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH INK.
A NEW MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
FROM THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION.
FOUNTAIN PENS: THE GATEWAY DRUG.





Transcribed below. Cheap fountain pens by Jinhao and Hero; ink by Noodler’s, Robert Oster, Diamine, and Waterman.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT STEEL PENS.
A NEW LEASE ON LIFE FOR CURSIVE.


The article Dr. Boli mentioned from 2021 was What Will Happen to Cursive? Today’s article is transcribed below; and then we append Google’s transcription of the same text, mistakes and all.
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