When I was in high school, my crush told me that my handwriting looked like the Declaration of Independence, which he meant as a compliment and I took as one. I wasn’t in it alone, though. I had my Pilot to thank.

Pilot’s classic G2 gel pens are the best pens of all time, and do not test me. They’re easy to hold and to write with. As gel pens, they are pretty inky, which means you only need to apply light pressure for perfect form.

But with that ink comes controversy: The writing takes a second to dry, and it smears more easily on certain types of paper. If you are left-handed or otherwise putting your hands all up in your paper’s business, skip the gel.

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