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Paper Test

I’ve been reading many good things about an iPad app called Paper, so I decided to give it a try using my iPad 3 and a pressure sensitive stylus. It’s a very well thought out drawing app, and while I’m totally lacking in artistic ability I do sometimes need to make diagrams and other simple drawings for work. Paper comes with a “fountain pen” tool, which emulates the flexible nibs that fountain pens used to have before the widespread use of copy paper. I found it to be very difficult to use:

Paper's fountain pen tool
Paper’s fountain pen tool

I don’t have a real fountain pen with a flexible nib for comparison, so I used one with an italic nib instead:

Actual fountain pen
Actual fountain pen

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    Virginia Mach

    This sounds like a cool app. Could it be used to legally send a person’s signature via e-mail in cases where a fax machine is not available? I like the idea of being able to make simple diagrams, etc. this way, too.

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