Pen has the best writing effect, smooth lines, and can do many details that ordinary pens can't do. Ink is generally cheap and economical.
However, pen maintenance is a big problem. Pursue the color of words, choose carbon ink, don't clean it often, and it is easy to block the pen.
If you don't use carbon ink, the handwriting will fade easily and the color will be lighter.
Pen is a water-based pen, and its nib is generally large, so it will be very painful to use it on inferior paper, and it is not easy to control water.
If you want to practice writing, there are several prerequisites for choosing a pen: the pen body is light (preferably plastic), the water is smooth, the line thickness is moderate, and it is cheap and easy to change. Try it when buying a pen. Don't think that "an expensive pen is a good pen".
Oily ballpoint pens are not suitable for practicing calligraphy, so I won't talk about it here, as long as I understand this.
Gel pen is easy to control and use, and it is a good choice for practicing calligraphy. The difference between gel pens and pens is that the details are difficult to do easily, but you can use your brains more (for example, gel pens don't always come out of water on paper, and they are easy to control water, which can be used to describe more). Choosing a thick nib of 0.7 can get a good writing effect (smooth lines). If it is used by students to do problems, it is not suitable. You can choose 0.5. If you are used to writing with a pen, a 0.7 gel pen is not too thick. Gel pens can buy morning light or true color, and the quality is very good. The point is that they are easy to buy.
Signature pens (such as Mitsubishi's and Zebra's) are watery and not suitable for writing on inferior paper, but the water comes out smoothly. It is also difficult to control the water flow of the signature pen, and the nib is not suitable for making enough details. It is not recommended to practice writing.
Let's talk about practicing calligraphy:
Generally, the first choice for hard-pen calligraphy is running script and regular script. Practicing cursive script is straightforward, and not many people will read it. ...
It is much easier to practice regular script with a pen, but it takes a lot of time.
All kinds of running pens are good, and the effect is excellent if you use 0.5 or 0.7 gel pens.
I suggest practicing Tian Yingzhang's running script, because Tian Yingzhang's handwriting is really good in all aspects. The "brand-new hard pen running script" on the Internet is his word. You can download it and edit your favorite words to practice.
After research, Tian Yingzhang's works have good-looking secrets, one is the spacing between words, and the other is to control the size of words and echo them with pens. His copybook also has such a secret, you can buy a reference!
Reminder: When writing running script, you should also do a lot of details, such as using a pen, which will definitely affect the beauty of the words. Pay more attention to these details when practicing calligraphy.