From the ink-stained journal

Notes from the decanting bench. How ink behaves on paper, in a pen, and under light, written down so you do not have to find out by ruining a page.

Same ink, different paper. What just happened?
One bottle, two pages, two colours. The ink has not changed its mind. The paper is doing something to it.
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Your ink has shading. Your pen is hiding it.
Shading and sheen are not things an ink has, they are things an ink does, and your nib decides most of whether it gets to.
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How far does a small sample actually go?
A vial of ink is smaller than a bottle and larger than you think. Here is the arithmetic, and how to spend it well.
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