Stroke width determined by angle

[Devmapall]

I’d be happy to be able to set a variable width to the strokes that is determined by a custom angle of a flat brush. Basically i need a stroke that imitates a calligraphic parallel pen. This is because I create italic scripts in illustrator and I really want to be able to do that here as well..

[Alfred]

7 hours ago, Devmapall said:

Basically i need a stroke that imitates a calligraphic parallel pen.

You’re not alone in wanting to see a calligraphic nib for pen strokes, but what is a “parallel” pen?

 

[Devmapall]

Glad to hear I’m not alone in that. Parallel pen is a pen with flat nib rather than pointy. You can google Pilot parallel pen - these are the most popular.

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, Devmapall said:

Parallel pen is a pen with flat nib rather than pointy

Thanks for the clarification. That’s actually what I think of as a calligraphic pen (so for me the “parallel” bit is redundant).

[PaulEC]

12 hours ago, Devmapall said:

Basically i need a stroke that imitates a calligraphic parallel pen.

You learn something new everyday! I had assumed that a "parallel pen" was one that drew a number of parallel lines in one go. (Such as for drawing music staves, or for drawing a thick and thin line in parallel with one stroke.)

[GarryP]

50 minutes ago, PaulEC said:

one that drew a number of parallel lines in one go. (Such as for drawing music staves,

That's called a Noligraph, or Rastrum Pen, if anyone is interested.

[Devmapall]

I am just seeing that I have requested this feature for affinity photo, while I meant it for the "Designer" app. I hope it makes more sense now.