By the time I got to the university I was using a premechanical[0] Rapidograph fountain pen to take lecture notes on high quality paper where I wrote down every

By the time I got to the university I was using a premechanical[0] Rapidograph fountain pen to take lecture notes on high quality paper where I wrote down everything the professor wrote on the board, everything they said, and everything I thought about it at the time, especially something that might make a performance difference. I don't know how it compares to an ipad, but it was great because there was less friction and latency compared to a pencil or ball point pen. It did change your writing since you had to hold it almost vertical, not as big a change as the increased speed though. With a thin tip you could make small detailed diagrams. [0] like this: https://www.blackrockgalleries.com/product/vintage-rapidograph-no-2-pen-19277.html https://www.blackrockgalleries.com/product/vintage-rapidogra... Note: does not actually take a cartridge, it's a suction plunger assembly for liquid ink uptake, attached to the color-coded tip-size indicating band. You may want a thinner tip than No. 2 and ink having different viscosity, solids content, and drying rate than used for engineering drawing. not like this: https://www.kohinoorusa.com/rapidograph https://www.kohinoorusa.com/rapidograph not even this: https://twitter.com/yesteryearsfp/status/1016296550736293888 https://twitter.com/yesteryearsfp/status/1016296550736293888