In the traditional pen, the touch surface of the pen tip is a small dot, and the size of the dot determines the thickness of the handwriting. Although the size of the nib gap also affects the thickness of the handwriting, it will be limited by small points. If the dot is small, it is not easy to write big characters, but excessive force will increase the gap, resulting in the pen tip scraping paper and losing lubrication. The defects of traditional pens are the same as ballpoint pens, gel pens and signature pens. They stick horizontally and vertically on a line, lacking thickness variation, and failing to show the artistic charm of Chinese characters.
Traditional art pen, the tip of which is inclined, is commonly called elbow pen. Its shortcomings are similar, whether it can be coarse or fine, and sometimes it is very troublesome to write a few small words with a different pen.