As you may have learned on our YouTube channel, Unsharpen is currently running a number of tests in order to find out how far a pen can write. So far we’ve been doing the test using a a number of different of SVG files which are paired with an Axidraw pen plotter — essentially a drawing robot — in order to scientifically test the distance a pen can write.
Of course pens can last a very long time — up to 6000 meters are claimed by refills like the Fisher Space Pen PR4 — so the testing can take a huge amount of time, even with a robot!
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