Over the last few days, I have received a bunch of emails with questions about the Surface Pen and its ability to take notes in school. In response, I decided to put this thing to the ultimate test. 

I dug out my old, handwritten grad school notes and attempted to copy them using my Surface Pro 3 (SP3) (i5/128GB), Surface Pen, and the where-have-you-been-all-my-life program Drawboard

Below you will find scanned copies of those hand-written notes paired with a version I re-created using the Surface Pen. I included the files in case you want to download them and compare them more closely. Enjoy!


Example One

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Handwritten and scanned. Download PDF.

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Surface pen. Download PDF.


Example Two

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Handwritten and scanned. Download PDF.

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Surface pen. Download PDF.


Example Three

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Handwritten and scanned. Download PDF.

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Surface pen. Download PDF.


Example Four

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Handwritten and scanned. Download PDF.

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Surface pen. Download PDF.


Example Five

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Handwritten and scanned. Download PDF.

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Surface pen. Download PDF.

Example Six

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Handwritten and scanned. Download PDF.

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Surface pen. Download PDF.


So…what do you think? How does the Surface pen hold up again a regular pen? Not too shabby in my opinion. Questions? Email me or comment below.