fountain pen ink swatch #10: herbin diabolo menthe

[cimorene]

Herbin Diabolo Menthe fountain pen ink in Platinum Preppy 05 Medium fountain pen, on Clairefontaine paper. Also used: brush and C-0 dip pen nib.


This ink is obviously too light for ordinary writing. Even in a broad nib it can by trying to read, though it’s probably an acceptable accent color in this current pen. However, it really shines in a broad italic nib, as seen in the title.

Sample on Rhodia dotpad:


And in comparison with the other members of my favorite color family, the turquoise-teal/blue-green range:

Comments

[devon]

Thanks for your series of posts on inks. I knew pretty much nothing about them before, but now I could almost follow a conversation. Heh. Also, I like your handwriting styles. Your ink shading in art is v. cool - I have always liked monotone art.

[cimorene]

Hahaha, that's nice to hear! I always enjoy glimpsing that level of discourse about somebody else's hobby.

And thank you! Since I got into pens I think my handwriting has gotten unintentionally better, although mostly what I was doing was just writing because I wanted to use the pens, not making any attempt to write more neatly. I guess I've unintentionally toned my hand and wrist or something!