What is the difference between rapidograph and Isograph?

What is the difference between rapidograph and Isograph?

The RotringRotring Rapidograph and Isograph pens both serve the same purpose, and both have steel technical drawing nibs, the only difference between the two is that the Rapidograph uses an ink cartridge, and the Isograph is refilled from ink bottles.

What is rapidograph used for?

Rotring Rapidograph and Isograph Pens are steel nibbed Technical Pens for drawing on tracing paper, vellum and lineboard. Both Rapidograph and Isograph Pens have been used for years by draughtsmen and engineers to make lines of a constant width.

Is the Rapidograph pen still used by artists?

While the Rapidograph style of pen is still widely used by artists, the use of computer-aided design (CAD) has largely replaced the need for manual drafting. Also, the development of felt-tip, ink-based pens have provided cheaper, lower-maintenance disposable tools that sell much better than traditional technical pens.

What’s the difference between a Rapidograph and a Rotring isograph?

Both are technical pens that create strokes with uniform width. Both are available with line widths from 0.1 to 1.0. The green pen at the bottom is the Rapidograph. Rotring is not the only company that makes the Rapidograph pen, the other is Koh-I-Noor.

Is the Rapidograph an unforgiving art tool?

The Art of the Rapidograph. The Rapidograph gives artists the ability to draw and design with precision. It can also be a frustrating and unforgiving tool to use since it clogs easy and can leave ink blots on the artwork that you spent hours on.

Is the Rotring Rapidograph the same as the Koh i Noor?

Rotring is not the only company that makes the Rapidograph pen, the other is Koh-I-Noor. I’m not sure if the Rapidographs from Koh-I-Noor are similar to Rotring’s though. Performance of both Rapidograph and Isograph are the same. Ink flow is the same too. The Isograph can be dismantled completely and easily.