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HB Pencils

Artists and draftsmen can use a variety of pencil leads in different hardnesses (e.g. H1, H2) and colors.

H=hard and B=black pencils are graded on how hard (therefore lighter line) or soft (therefore blacker line) they are an HB pencil is mid range between the 8H and the 8B.

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