nib in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Many vintage pens with decades-old nibs can still be used today.
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Most nibs are ground, using various methods, into a thick creamy paste, known as chocolate liquor or cocoa paste.
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The pen is usually held at a constant angle to the horizontal; different scripts require different nib angles.
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The quill was in common use until the early 19th century and the advent of the metal nib.
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Metal nibs are also easily manufactured to have different properties for different purposes.
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The metal nib retains a sharp point or edge much longer than the quill, which wears out more quickly and requires much skill to sharpen.
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Left-handed writers using a split nib or quill pen experience difficulty pushing the pen from left to right across the page.
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Some time after this the company ceased production of dip pen nibs permanently.
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They are sometimes referred to as foot chips, footsies, jibs, nubbins, edges or nibs.
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Pressure must be carefully controlled to avoid damaging the nib, and as the nib tines spread apart frictional forces with the page can greatly increase.
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