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== RSTPA Preparation ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, let's see what we got here. I was very prepared for these last week. As in, I had read them all and kind of had an idea for the answers. Because I don't always write down the answers for the RSTPA ahead of time. But I was prepared last week. And then we didn't have time to get to them. And so I don't know how I'm going to answer them this week. So let's see what we got.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Let's see. The first one comes from Jonathan. I was listening to you both give advice about nibs on a recent episode when it occurred to me that Japanese pens are designed to write for Japanese script. As are German pens for German script. The Japanese government reformed the Japanese writing system in 1900. And many pen companies were founded soon after this date. So are Pilot, Sailor, and Platinum nibs designed for Japanese writing only? Or does a fountain pen nib serve many languages?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is a very good observation, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And also, like, a thing that I didn't know and now makes perfect sense. I just thought it was a preference thing. But no, it's actually to aid in the representation of the characters of the language.