The reed pen in iPadOS 26 is not just a stylistic choice, but a tool for the Apple Pencil that opens it up to write Arabic ...

including pens and pencils, dividers and compasses, squares and triangles, protractors, parallel rules, sectors, and scale rules. By the 17th century, European makers of scientific instruments also ...

Technical drawing required sturdy writing implements rather than, for instance, the sharpened quills that were frequently used as pens for correspondence and record-keeping until the 20th century.