When Does Fine Become Too Fine? Finding the Sweet Spot for Extra-Fine Pens — The Gentleman Stationer

Most of my annotation work is done with a finer gel pen or, more recently, low-viscosity ballpoint pens. I get a lot of questions about the best pen for “fine writing,” so I thought it might be interesting to talk a bit about the different options I rotate through on a regular basis and what my pref

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When Does Fine Become Too Fine? Finding the Sweet Spot for