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9:21 AM, Monday July 27th 2020

You're welcome! I'm no expert on the arcing thing, but maybe this metaphor helps: imagine you're driving in a car and while driving you notice the car is sometimes drifting off to the left a bit. You compensate for this by turning the wheel a bit in the opposite direction, telling the car to go a bit more to the right. The drifting to the left with your turning to the right results in the car driving straight again. It's the same principle with arcing lines. One needs to adjust the movement of the arm a bit in the opposite direction.

Again, I'm no expert on this, if anyone knows better, feel free to correct this. Otherwise I'm hoping this is helpful.

8:11 AM, Tuesday July 28th 2020

Ok, Thanks so much for this clarification

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Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).

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