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Being able to write left handed without making ink smudges is a big reason why I now prefer digital notes. G2 gel ink is mostly okay, but I think fountain pens
by xaqfox 6y ago
Being able to write left handed without making ink smudges is a big reason why I now prefer digital notes. G2 gel ink is mostly okay, but I think fountain pens are out of the question for most left handers.
- throwanem 6y agoThat's fair! I'm right-handed myself, and while I've seen a few articles that purport to offer methods that can work for southpaws, the impression I've come away with is that it's as much a matter of luck as of anything else.
- agrippanux 6y agoI'm left handed and I use Parker Quink ink in my fountain pens exactly because it dries fast and thus I don't smudge often (though I will smudge if I write super fast).
- samatman 6y agoThere's a method for left handed writing which avoids this problem, without wrist strain: simply holding the page at 90 degrees, and writing vertically. Alas, I wasn't taught it while neuroplastic, and have been unable to get the hang of it. I regret that my teachers were clueless about the peculiarities of lefthandedness, but at least I'm not of the era when it would have been beaten out of me.