Sentence examples for * your nibs from inspiring English sources

Cartoonists, sharpen your nibs!

Again in keeping with the whole portability theme, you get a carrying case that holds your nibs in the box, and that's a very useful accessory if, like me, you're always forgetting where you stowed those things.

Test your nib in ink, and hone it as required.

Sadly, though, it's not quite like dipping your nib into a pot of ink and scratching out a masterpiece while nibbling madeleines.

Always clean your nib!

Always wash your nib lest it should corrode.

While some strokes are meant to be thick and others thin, blots or spurts of ink mean that your nib is not flush with the page and needs to be shaped.

You'll need to set a nib height -- that is, the space between guide lines as measured by the width of your pen nib.

Calligraphy requires you to hold your pen nib at a 45 degree angle.

Measure your pen's nib.

This means that if your pen's nib is 3 millimeters wide, you'll need a line 15 millimeters wide for the lowercase letters.