slow drawing with inkscape calligraphy tool

Keep in mind that a 90 degrees angle basically means that the quill is held completely sideways and a 0 degrees angle means that it is held straight upward.

The angle of the quill is a special setting that needs some trial and error in order to get the most out of it for what you want to achieve. You can do this through the keyboard arrow keys and thus draw a continuous line of varied width.

It is often the case that an artist wants to vary the width while drawing the line. The same goes for the next setting that is the thinning of the drawn line based on the velocity of the cursor. If you have a Wacom tablet though you need to leave this setting to zero and enable the “pressure of the input device” option and the width will be given automatically. The first setting is the brush width that needs no explanation really. While drawing with your digital quill, you will notice that Inkscape uses a node-based technique, auto-filling parts with ink based on your calligraphy settings. Note that there are presets available on the upper left of the menu that help you quickly change from the writing of a pen, a marker, a normal brush or a splotchy one. These settings will allow you to customize your quill and get the result that you want. Once the calligraphy tool is selected, a corresponding menu of settings will appear right above the main drawing area. To access Inkscape’s Calligraphy tool, all you have to do is press the quill icon on the left, or hit Ctrl+F6. It is also very handy for designers who are using pens on tablets to draw their creations as some writing characteristics like the brush width and velocity can be determined. This feature allows users to draw in a more natural and smooth way, which is quite useful in some cases. If there’s one tool in the software that breaks free from this context (at least phenomenally) it is Inkscape’s calligraphy. Being a vector graphics tool, Inkscape is all about strict mathematical values and measurements that underly the shapes positional, rotational and colorization characteristics.

Slow drawing with inkscape calligraphy tool