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Oblique
An oblique tip is cut at an angle, which is usually about 15 degrees, normally from top right to lower left. This is called a left oblique, and is normally used by right-handed writers. Unfortunately some companies, including Parker Pen Co. call this a right oblique. If an "O" is drawn with a typical left oblique tip, the narrowest part of the figure will be at approximately 10:00 and 4:00 if the "O" is thought of as a clock face. Line width variation is more subtle from an oblique than from an italic or stub; the broadest stroke a left oblique can produce is the upper-left-to-lower-right diagonal. If your handwriting is typical of right-handed writers, your characters will not have many of these strokes, making line width variation less immediately noticeable than with italics or stubs. a Right Oblique (Reverse Oblique) is just the opposite of a Left Oblique and is not much in use. The entire pen with a left oblique nib must be rotated to the left approximately the same number of degrees as the slant in order to find the nib's "sweet spot," and to have good ink flow and smoothness. This tip is thus position-sensitive for those not used to oblique points. It is, however, the tip favored by many for correspondence.

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