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Fountain Pen Nib Tipping Sizes & Chart
Nib tipping is the surface area or actual portion of the fountain pen nib that makes contact with paper. It is also the portion of the nib used for writing. With many nibs you can actually see a small amount of material that may look like a bubble on the very end of the nib. Different nib sizes have different widths of tipping material. This width is what we refer to as the nib tipping or size. The larger the surface area of the tipping the broader the line the pen will lay down. Wider nibs such as a broad or stub will have a wider tipping than finer nibs. There is no standard in the industry for what width of the nib tipping constitutes a particular nib size. Different brands have various sizes for the same size nib and even nibs within one brand may vary slightly. For the most part Japanese nibs run finer than their western counterparts.We have compiled a tipping size chart for the most popular brands we carry to give you an idea of the sizes. This may help you when selecting a nib for a new brand you have not used as you can compare one brand nib size to another.
Fountain Pen Nib Size Chart by Tipping Size
Ultra Extra Fine
Extra Fine
Fine
Medium Fine
Medium
Broad
Stub
Italic
Stub 1.5mm
Music
Zoom
Aurora
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.7mm
0.7mm
1.0mm
Benu
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Bock
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
1.5mm
Caran d'Ache
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.7mm
Conklin
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Diplomat
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Esterbrook
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Ferris Wheel Press
0.6mm
0.7mm
Gioia Pen Italia
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
1.5mm
Hinze
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
1.5mm
Kaweco
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Lamy
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.6mm
0.9mm
1.1mm
LeBoeuf
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Leonardo Officina Italiana
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
LOCLEN
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Maiora
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Marlen
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Montegrappa
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.0mm
Monteverde
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Namiki
0.2mm
0.3mm
0.5mm
0.6mm
0.7mm
1.1mm
Nettuno
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Noodlers
0.5mm
Online
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Opus 88
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Otto Hutt
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Parker
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.6mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Pelikan
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.7mm
0.8mm
1.4mm
Pilot
0.2mm
0.3mm
0.5mm
0.6mm
0.7mm
1.1mm
Pineider
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Pininfarina
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Platinum
0.1mm
0.2mm
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.6mm
1.5mm
Porsche Design
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Ranga
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Retro 51
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Sailor
0.2mm
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.6mm
1.2mm
1.0mm
Stipula
0.4mm
0.6mm
0.8mm
TWSBI
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
1.1mm
Visconti
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.6mm
0.8mm
Waldmann
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Waterman
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.6mm
0.8mm
0.9mm
Ystudio
0.3mm
0.4mm
0.5mm
0.8mm
Based on the line width of
the two brands you select we will suggest the best nib size just for you.
