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That's a common misconception. It stopped being more effecient when we stopped dipping pens or quills in ink. Lifting the pen from the paper tended to cause spl
by alar44 5y ago
That's a common misconception. It stopped being more effecient when we stopped dipping pens or quills in ink. Lifting the pen from the paper tended to cause splattering too so you wanted to keep the pen on the paper rather than lifting it for every letter.
- oneoff786 5y agoI believe that’s the major gain. I’m not convinced it’s not still faster with a ballpoint pen marginally.