Paper size: smaller than 16" square
Orientation: portrait or landscape
Paper color: white layout
Nib: broad-edged nib
Ink color: Black
Margins: artist's choice
Justification: artist's choice
x-height (body height): between 3 and 5 pen widths
a-height (ascender): 2-4 pen widths
d-depth (descender): 2-4 pen widths(i.e. a-2/x-3/d-2 or a-3/x-4/d-3 or a-4/x-5/d-4)
Line spacing: artist's choice pen widths (i.e. interlinear space between descender and next ascender)
Choose one of these quotes, or both if you wish:
#1: Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. –Albert Einstein
#2: What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. –John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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