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December 11, 2024 andreweverett360

H pencils are hard. B pencils are soft. So why are they called B?

Artists use a variety of pencils to get different marks.

2H pencil is hard, 4H pencil is harder, etc.

2B pencil is soft, 4B is softer, etc.

So why aren’t they called H and S pencils?

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