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Lettering nibs are most commonly used for artistic scripts found in books. The stroke width varies depending on the direction in which the nib is drawn.

 The stroke width varies, depending on the direction in which the lettering nib is drawn.

Lettering nibs are available in different widths for different character sizes.

The thin lines at the beginning or the end of a letter are created by turning the nib on its edge while writing.

The thin lines at the beginning and the end of letters are created by turning the lettering pen on its edge.

These ornamentations can be found in many scripts and give eleganz to the letter.

Sample of letters, written with a lettering nib.

Letters created with a lettering nib.

For describing the flexibility of the nibs, I use the following terms:  

  • Extremely flexible
  • Very high flexibility
  • High flexibility
  • Medium flexibility
  • Little flexibility
  • Hardly flexible
  • Not flexible

Lettering nibs

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Pricing on this page:

For end customers incl. 19% VAT / plus shipping costs.

For logged in resellers plus 19% VAT and shipping costs.

ANTIQUE articles are exempt from sales tax according to § 25 UstG (differential taxation).

 

You can find more information about lettering nibs below the navigation bar.

F. Lebeau, No. 66-3

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Price
1,60 €

1.2mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Baignol & Farjon, Ronde Bosse

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No. 2, 1mm

Type 3

Price
2,20 €

1mm wide, little flexibility.

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No. 3, 1.2mm

Type 1

Price
2,20 €

1.2mm wide, very high flexibility.

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No. 3, 1.2mm

Type 2

Price
2,20 €

1.2mm wide, little flexibility.

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Antike Kalligrafie Bandzugfeder, Baignol & Farjon, No. 4, Ronde Bosse, Typ 1

No. 4, 1.4mm

Type 1

Price
2,20 €

1.4mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 5, 1.6mm

Type 1

Price
2,20 €

1.6mm wide, high flexibility.

Baignol & Farjon, No. 394, A la Ronde

The types 1 and 2 are differentiated by their different stampings.
Type 1: Non-serif font type, Typ 2: Serif font type

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No. 0, 0.55mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

0.55mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 1, 0.75mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

0.75mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 1, 0.75mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

0.75mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 1, 0.75mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

0.75mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 2, 1mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

1mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 2, 1mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

1mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 2, 1mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

1mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 3, 1.25mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

1.25mm wide, little flexibility.

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No. 3, 1.25mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

1.25mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 4, 1.5mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

1.5mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 5, 1.75mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

1.75mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 5, 1.75mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

1.75mm wide, high flexibility.

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No. 6, 1,9mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

1.9mm wide, hardly flexible.

Blanzy-Poure & Cie, Plumes pour la Ronde

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No. 229-0, 0.3mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

0.3mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 230-1, 0.7mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

0.7mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 230-1, 0.7mm, Type 2

Price
1,60 €

0.7mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 231-2, 1mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

1mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 232-3, 1.2 mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

1.2mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 232-3, 1.2mm, Typ 2

Price
1,60 €

1.2mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 233-4, 1.5mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

1.5mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 234-5, 2mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

2mm wide, hardly flexible.

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Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure, Plumes pour la Ronde

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No. 229-0, 0.3mm, Type 2

Price
1,60 €

0.3mm wide, little flexibility.

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No. 229-0, 0.3mm, Type 3

Price
1,60 €

0.3mm wide, little flexibility.

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No. 233-4, 1.5mm, Type 2

Price
1,60 €

1.5mm wide, little flexibility.

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No. 234-5, 2mm, Type 1

Price
1,60 €

2mm wide, little flexibility.

Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure, No. 194, A la Ronde

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No. 194-1, 0,7mm

Price
1,60 €

0,7mm breit, mittlere Elastizität.

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No. 194-2, 1mm

Price
1,60 €

1mm breit, mittlere Elastizität.

J. B. Mallat, Plume en Ronde

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No. 201, 0.4mm

Price
1,60 €

0.4mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 202, 0.75mm

Price
1,60 €

0.75mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Price
1,60 €

1mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 204, 1.2mm

Price
1,60 €

1.2mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 205, 1.9mm

Price
1,60 €

1.9mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Compagnie Francaise

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No. 3, 1.3mm

Price
1,60 €

1.3mm wide, little flexibility.

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No. 4, 1.5mm

Price
1,60 €

1.5mm wide, medium flexibilty.

M. Myers & Son LTD, Round Writer Pens

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No. 6, 0.5mm

Price
2,00 €

0.5mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 3½, 1.1mm

Price
2,00 €

1.1mm wide, medium flexibility.

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No. 2, 2mm

Price
2,00 €

2mm wide, medium flexibility.

William Mitchell, No. 0974, Cursive Series

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Price
2,00 €

1mm wide, not flexible. Straight cut nib tip.

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No. 4, 1.6mm

Price
2,00 €

1.6mm wide, hardly flexible. Straight cut nib tip.

Berliner Schreibfeder-Fabrik (VEB), ATO Kunstschriftfedern

Berliner Schreibfeder-Fabrik (VEB), ATO Kunstschriftfeder mit Aufkante

Different stroke widths, not flexible. These nibs have a turned up nib tip. The bent tip is particularly good for an upright pen position.

0.5mm

Price
1,40 €
Price
1,40 €

1.5mm

Price
1,40 €

Heintze & Blanckertz, BTO

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BTO 66, 0.45 mm, Type 1

Price
2,50 €

0.45mm wide, not flexible.

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BTO 63, 1,5 mm, Type 2

Price
2,50 €

12.5mm wide, hardly flexible.

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BTO 61½, 2,5 mm, Type 1

Price
2,50 €

2.5mm wide, not flexible.

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BTO 61, 3mm, Type 2

Price
2,50 €

3mm wide, little flexibility.

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BTO 61, 3mm, Type 3

Price
2,50 €

3mm wide, little flexibility.

Heintze & Blanckertz, No. 62, To-Feder

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No. 61, 3mm

Price
2,50 €

3mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Antike Kalligrafie Bandzugfeder, Heintze & Blanckertz, No. 61½, To-Feder, Berlin

No. 61½, 2.5mm

Price
2,50 €

2.5mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Antike Kalligrafie Bandzugfeder, Heintze & Blanckertz, No. 62, To-Feder

No. 62, 2mm

Price
2,50 €

2mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Antike Kalligrafie Bandzugfeder, Heintze & Blanckertz, No. 63½, To-Feder, Berlin

No. 63½, 1.2mm

Price
2,50 €

1.2mm wide, little flexibility.

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Antike Kalligraphie Bandzugfeder, Heintze & Blanckertz, No. 64½, To-Feder

No. 64½, 0.9mm

Price
2,50 €

0.9mm wide, little flexibility.

Heintze und Blanckertz, To-Federn (Fabrik-Berlin)

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To 66, 0.25mm

Price
2,20 €

0.25mm wide, medium flexibility.

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To 65 1/2, 0.45mm

Price
2,20 €

0.45mm wide, medium flexibility.

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To 65, 0.65mm

Price
2,20 €

0.65mm wide, medium flexibility.

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To 65, 0.65mm (Frankfurt / AM)

Price
2,20 €

0.65mm wide, medium flexibility.

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To 64 1/2, 0.75mm

Price
2,20 €

0.75mm wide, medium flexibility.

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To 64, 0.85mm

Price
2,20 €

0.85mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Price
2,20 €

1mm wide, medium flexibility.

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To 62 1/2, 1.75mm

Price
2,20 €

1.75mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Price
2,20 €

2mm wide, medium flexibility.

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Antike Kalligrafie Bandzugfeder, Heintze & Blanckertz, No. 61, To, Fabrik-Berlin

No. 61, 3mm

Price
2,20 €

3mm wide, little flexibility.

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F. Soennecken, Sütterlin-Federn

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S 13, 0.5mm, Type 1 (DRP Ausl.Pat)

Price
2,00 €

0.5mm wide, hardly flexible.

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S 13, 0.5mm, Type 2 (DRP)

Price
2,00 €

0.5mm wide, hardly flexible.

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S 13, 0.5mm, Type 3

Price
2,00 €

0.5mm wide, hardly flexible.

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S 14, 0.75mm, Type 3

Price
2,00 €

0.75mm wide, hardly flexible.

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S 14, 0.75mm, Type 3B

Price
2,00 €

0.75mm wide, little flexibility.

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S 15, 1mm, Type 1 (DRP Ausl.Pat)

Price
2,00 €

1mm wide, hardly flexibility.

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S 16, 1.5mm, Type 1 (DRP Ausl.Pat)

Price
2,00 €

1.5mm wide, hardly flexible.

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Brause & Co, No. 647, Rustica

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Price
2,00 €

1mm wide, medium flexibility.

Brause & Co, No. 23, Rustica

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Price
2,00 €

0.75mm wide, medium flexibility.

John Mitchell, Engrossing Pen, Typ 1 (Schrift ohne Serifen)

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EF 0131, 0.5mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

0.5mm wide, medium flexibility.

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F 0132, 0.65mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

0.65mm wide, medium flexibility.

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M 0133, 0.9mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

0.9mm wide, medium flexibility.

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B 0134, 1.35mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

1.35mm wide, medium flexibility.

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EB 0135, 1.85mm, Type 1

Price
1,80 €

1.85mm wide, medium flexibility.

John Mitchell, No. 0134 BIS, Engrossing Pen, Type 1b (non-serif font type)

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Price
1,80 €

1.35mm wide, medium flexibility.

John Mitchell, Engrossing Pen, Typ 2 (Schrift ohne Serifen)

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EF 0131, 0.5mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

0.5mm wide, medium flexibility.

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M 0133, 0.9mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

0.9mm wide, medium flexibility.

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B 0134, 1.35mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

1.35mm wide, medium flexibility.

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EB 0135, 1.85mm, Type 2

Price
1,80 €

1.85mm wide, medium flexibility.

John Mitchell, Engrossing Pen, Typ 3 (Schrift mit Serifen)

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EF 0131, 0.5 mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

0.5mm wide, medium flexibility.

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F 0132, 0.65 mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

0.65mm wide, medium flexibility.

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M 0133, 0.9mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

0.9mm wide, medium flexibility.

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B 0134, 1.35mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

1.35mm wide, medium flexibility.

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EB 0135, 1.8mm, Type 3

Price
1,80 €

1.8mm wide, medium flexibility.

John Mitchell, No. 0134 BIS, Engrossing Pen, Type 3b (serif font type)

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Price
1,80 €

1.35mm wide, high flexibility.

John Mitchell, Engrossing Pen, No. 0131 EF, Type 4 (non-serif font type)

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Price
1,80 €

0.5mm wide, high flexibility.