Tablet use with Xara

[handrawn]

good choice

The wacom pro pen 2 comes with default 'hard' nib, and a felt nib if you prefer more drag; note, the felt nibs wear quickly especially compared with the old tablets; wacom also sell 'rough' texture sheets for that tablet that are easy to fit with care, which is another alternative - and you can even tape paper over, which can be useful if you have a drawing on paper that you want to transfer without scanning; the intuos will respond fine through several sheets of paper

Have fun

[Jonopen]

I with @handrawn on this one, and can also sincerely endorse Wacom tablets.

I am lucky to use a Wacom Cintiq 16 and a basic intuos (medium) tablet, which I also use as a mouse replacement. A bonus is that I can very easily go from the tablet to the keyboard and back quickly whilst still holding the pen.

I'm sure other brands are absolutely fine but for me the Wacom has the edge. The software drivers are regularly updated, their customer support is responsive and they are built to last.

Sometimes it's worth checking their online store for refurbished products which usually come with a 1 year warrantee.

[handrawn]

I started with a graphire [3 I think] 2003, it was like drawing on glass

things have sure improved

having both, the thing i always liked, and still do, about a screenless tablet is that the hand does not get in the way visually; in that sense, at least, even better than paper...