This could have been the issue. Maybe there was still ink in it, but the tip couldn’t deliver it. I always had a bad time with them as a kid and ignored them f

This could have been the issue. Maybe there was still ink in it, but the tip couldn’t deliver it. I always had a bad time with them as a kid and ignored them for a couple decades. I only tried again after they were so highly recommended for this program. They wouldn’t accept work for review without using them. But they were exactly as I remembered, if not worse. It’s possible I got unlucky at the start, but with it confirming my past memories, I was that interested in investing further in a program that required I use my least favorite implement.