Best Calligraphy Nibs for Every Script

Choosing the right nib can make the difference between frustrating results and beautiful lettering. Whether you’re learning a new script or perfecting a favourite style, the right steel nib in your pen holder can make all the difference.

At Scribblers, we’ve been helping calligraphers find their perfect nibs for over 25 years. We’ve put together a series of guides to the Top 5 Best-Selling Nibs for the most popular scripts - based on real customer favourites and our own expert recommendations.

Below, you’ll find a brief introduction to each script, a quick nib recommendation, and links to our full in-depth guides.

Copperplate Calligraphy

Elegant and formal, known for its graceful shapes, dramatic swells, and hairline strokes. Perfect for invitations, certificates, and formal documents.

Full Guide: Top 5 Best-Selling Nibs for Copperplate Calligraphy

Modern Calligraphy

Modern Calligraphy is an expressive and playful lettering style, combining pen strokes and variations to create something unique to you.

Full Guide: Top 5 Best-Selling Nibs for Modern Calligraphy

Traditional Calligraphy

Traditional Calligraphy Styles include Roman Capitals, Foundational Han, Italics, Uncials and Gothic. They are bold, timeless, and beautifully balanced.

Full Guide: Top 5 Best-Selling Nibs for Traditional Calligraphy

Beautiful colours supplied quickly .

Great washi tape happy with purchase

Great nibs well wrapped and promptly sent

After ordering a prompt reply.

Easily navigable website. Quality products and contactable by email should there be a query.

Prompt response and well packed package,

My go to supplier, brilliant service everytime.

I think that yhe cards are an excellent way of keeping the nibs organised.
It helps because when you search for your nibs in the tins, this (in my case) helps you from becoming disorganised and having to choose a different nib, or prepare new ones when it is still usable.

It's a pleasure to order calligraphy products from Scribblers and i would encourage others to purchase their items to further your calligraphy.

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The customer service was efficient and very pleasant to deal with.

One of the most enjoyable online shopping experiences I've had. Coming back to the Scribblers site having been lured away by other stationery sites offering a plethora of writing instruments, it was a delight to find a site so easy to navigate and with such a wide selection - along with good advice.

Excellent service and choice

Love these nibs

Easy company to do business with decent products at good prices and quick delivery Will definitely use them again in the future

Found what I needed, and everything was shipped quickly, safely packaged, and arrived faster than expected!

Good service

Excellent store, highly recommend.

It all looks very exciting and interesting and i am looking forward to starting to use it once all my visitors have gone home!

Always good fun and instructive to survey the site, discovering something new. Prompt courteous service when purchasing too.

Easy to use website, but what I liked best was the personal follow-up... exactly the right level of interaction, no hard sell, just a thoughtful contact note and thank-you from Simon.

Always great service thank you x

Prompt. Good selection of products.

Was quick and easy to order. Very happy with the items

Every thing arrived quickly and exactly as shown on the website

Purchases arrived promptly and safely packaged.

A beautiful nib and comfortable holder, ideal for sketching.
Thank you for your efficient service.

Five stars for ease of ordering, speed of fulfilment and quality of product.

I have always had a good service from Scribblers so can have no complaints.

Absolutely fantastic!!!! Thank you so much for some lovely products, value for money, and amazing delivery speed. I'll be back

Good range of high quality items at an affordable price...easy website to use and very fast delivery

envoi rapide, communication ok et joli petit mot à la plume sur la facture. Parfait !