Ramirez - La papelería más antigua de Alcalá de Henares

Hola,

El sábado pasado fui a dar un paseo por el centro de Alcalá de Henares en Madrid.
Y me paré en una papelería de toda la vida de Alcalá que se encuentra en la emblemática calle Mayor de Alcalá.
Sí, es la calle empedrada de los soportales. Si has pasado alguna vez por Alcalá seguro que sabes a cuál me refiero.

Escaparate de la Papelería Ramirez - Alcalá de Henares

Ya sólo ver su escaparate es toda una atracción. Siempre han tenido, desde que la conozco, productos de gran calidad y exquisitamente colocados en su escaparate.

Detalle del escaparate de la Papelería Ramirez - Alcalá de Henares

Los mejores recuerdos de Alcalá en mi opinión los venden ellos. Por variedad y calidad.

Detalle del escaparate de la Papelería Ramirez - Alcalá de Henares

Pero si un placer es ver su escaparate no es menos ver el interior de la tienda.
Con sus estanterías y vitrinas llenas de objetos de lo más especiales para comprar y regalar.

Vitrina de la Papelería Ramirez

Detalle del escaparate

Detalle del escaparate

La papelería se fundó en 1876, originalmente también era imprenta y encuadernadora.

Y hoy día sigue en la familia y está regentada por José Félix Sanchez Ramirez, tataranieto de su fundador. Que fue tan amable de dejarme tomar estas fotos que comparto hoy con vosotros.

Interior de la Papelería Ramirez desde 1876

Atendiendo a un cliente

¿A que os gustaría visitarla?

Aquí os dejo los enlaces a mis otros post sobre papelerías con historia, no os los perdáis.

• Cartoleria Panteon en Roma - Italia
• Papelería Ferrer en Sevilla - España

¡Felices Reyes!

Manuscript Fountain Pens, Trio Italic and Master Italic

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Today I want to talk about how to create calligraphy easily.

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Writing samples of Manuscript calligraphy pens

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I'm going to show you a simple example of calligraphy in italics.
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Manuscript - Trio Italic Fountain pen

The black pen in the following picture is the Master Italic pen . It ensures smooth and continuous flow of ink. And just by keeping the tip at an angle of 45 degrees the pen allows you to add definition and style to everyday handwriting or go a step further beyond and make creations in italics.

Manuscript - Trio Italic Fountain pen

In the case of not knowing how to write in italics Manuscript has an area on its website called Projects and tutorials that are going to be helpful to learn or improve our writing:

Samples of calligraphy pens Manuscript

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I will soon share with you more calligraphic pens from this brand.

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