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@polymerase
Who knew that pens can cost over $500? You learn something new everyday.
Thank you for everything (again)!

@Bookworm There are plenty of pens I want, some costing over $500. For your project, I recommend using Google Scholar. It's far more credible and reliable than the conventional Google search. As to the book, check your local school supply store for a pre-made book or do it in MS Word if you're feeling really lazy.

@polymerase
You [i]really[/i] must want that pen if you're willing to pay $150 for it. I'm not old enough to get a job yet, but when I'm 16 years old I'll put that pen on "Things I want to Buy" list.
Anyway, I just remembered that this thread was about my World History project. Before I close this thread, do you have any more tips on my project?

@Bookworm xD I'm aiming to buy this beauty for $150 when I find a job. http://justdaveyb.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/pn131148_20120825_tn.jpg

@polymerase Just $20? I don't have that kind of money. I'll just stick with my trusty old mechanical pencil then. Thanks for everything!

@Bookworm I highly recommend [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWpUvyLNJDA]this pen. It's the same one I use for my writing samples on Basilmarket, for my lecture notes, and for my in-class essays. It costs just $20 and gives you a decent amount of line variation[/url], as you can see here: http://i.imgur.com/qqOGAEk.jpg.

@polymerase I-it's beautiful. <3 I wish I had a fountain pen, but all I have is a mechanical pencil. Whether with a broad or fine tip, your writing looks good either way.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2dky24h.jpg

@Bookworm http://i.imgur.com/R7mTQYH.jpg I tweaked my fountain pen to make it wetter, so it lays down a very broad line now. I think my writing looks better with a fine nib.

@Skyenets Glad that I made someone happy today.
If you want another request, just ask me!

@Bookworm: That's brilliant. That's going on the board of cool stuff people make for me, which I for some reason moved with me across the North Sea.

@polymerase
I understand. In fact, I'm procrastinating on an essay for English too. I'll be waiting.

@Skyenets
Sorry for the crappy quality.
http://i42.tinypic.com/2m3mvph.jpg

@Bookworm: Sure, go for it.

@Bookworm Yeah, we could do an exchange. I don't mind. Give me some time, though. I'm doing a paper for my English class and I've been procrastinating for two hours thus far.

@Bookworm Oh okay. When I think "homemade" I think everything is done yourself, including the book. I remember when I was in a small private elementary school, my mother made the yearbook for the school and she had a clear plastic cover with plastic binding combs to hold the pages together, so you could always go that route. It all depends on how much work you want to put into it and how fancy you want it to look. And what about separating them by country then? Perhaps I'm trying to make this too organized lol. Anyway, good luck with whatever plans you go with.

@Skyenets It's alright. Besides, I got some good ideas from this thread.
Anyway, would you like me to write your Basil ID in cursive? I got nothing better else to do except to wait for my mom to get home so she can get me supplies.

EDIT: @polymerase Nobody has ever complimented mines.
Then again, I prefer writing in print than in cursive. I don't know why.

@Bookworm xD I know what you're talking about. It just makes me feel good when people compliment my handwriting (people on Basil, fellow students, professors). But I do think unslanted cursive doesn't look as conservative as, say, Palmer cursive.

@Akgold Probably not anymore. Undergrad is hard enough.

@ AkGold: That's the first medical student I've ever seen with knowledge about print and typography.

EDIT: I'm dragging this thread off topic. My apologies.

@polymearse
That's some nice penmanship. o.o
My cursive doesn't really slant because people said it was too hard to read. So I made it a bit "straighter" so they can actually read it. Does that make sense to you?

@Skyenets: He's aiming for medical school

[quote=AkGold]@Skyenets He's still looking for a decent job. He's in college.[/quote]

Well I figured that he was still a student from his comments. Just kind of curious in what field.

@Akgold Okay, okay, no more showing off. Gibe moni pls

@Skyenets He's still looking for a decent job. He's in college. By the way, he's asian

@AkGold: @Bookworm:

Waaaaaaahhhh I want to knoooooow. @Polymerase: Tell me, what is it that you do green rainbow man! Are you simply a typographer?

@polymerase Man, stop showing off your hand writing. Eat some more, you are too skinny

@Bookworm

Nice. Here's a montage of the writing samples I've done for Basilmarket.
Regular cursive: http://i.imgur.com/KdcgGUj.jpg
Basiler's request: http://i.imgur.com/VRlvofD.jpg
Minuscule flex: http://i.imgur.com/CWJNNTW.jpg
Moderate flex: http://i.imgur.com/b6mzC1Y.jpg
Full flex: http://i.imgur.com/qqOGAEk.jpg
Another Basiler's request: http://i.imgur.com/FalweYc.jpg

@polymerase
http://i44.tinypic.com/5nm6bs.jpg

@Skyenets Neither.

@Skyenets He's none of the above.

-reads @polymerase's comments-
-makes a guess-

Graphic designer or desktop publisher. Which one are you?

@Bookworm Do you mind uploading a writing sample?

@ox0Shad0w0xo Homemade as in "you can buy a blank yearbook but you have to do the rest yourself." My teachers said to pretend that all of them lived in the same time period so that won't work. But thanks for your advice.

@polymearse I actually love writing. But if I can't write copperplate, then I'll just stick with regular cursive. Well if I can't buy the actual yearbook, then I'd do what you said.

@Bookworm I love fine penmanship and I'm not a huge fan of technology-produced work, hence why I prefer writing my papers to typing them unless it's required (MLA, for example). I'll be blunt about this: I doubt you could imitate. The supplies needed are expensive and require plenty of training, and I would assume writing is painstaking for you.

To be practical, you could type up your stuff on Microsoft Word and print using thick and high-quality paper. Then find a strong cover made of reinforced cardboard or something like that.

Edit: I recall doing something like this in my creative writing class a few years ago, but it was a comic book. I used Photoshop to make some pictures and printed them. No high-quality paper was needed; I used sleeves and got a plastic cover to hold and protect the pages.

I'd assume since it's "homemade" the teacher expects you to make it yourself. I'd say separate the various kings and queens by time periods of their reigns, in the same way a normal yearbook is organized by grade levels. E.g 16th century: Henry VIII(england), Mary I(england), Elizabeth I(england), Francois I(france), Charles IX(france), Henri III(france), Charles I(spain) Philip II(spain), etc., with their pictures. Or separate them by country. It's up to you how you do it.

Then include any other pages you can think of, like pictures of royal parties with whatever captions/descriptions you want to make of what was happening in the picture. Sports of each of those countries, plenty of things to add that are in a normal yearbook.

Then after you have all the pages you want, print them all out and put them in a folder/jacket/binder in an organized order. Plenty of ways to do this.

@polymerase Dang, that's really pretty. I'll try to imitate it. Do you have any other suggestions?

@Bookworm It's basically cursive with tremendous line variation and beautiful flourishes. Here's one example: http://www.iampeth.com/artwork/LesterFields_cert.jpg

@polymerase Thanks for the tip.
But what do you mean by "write copperplate"?

Get high-quality paper like Rhodia or Moleskine and write copperplate. That would be a badass yearbook.