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# Tilt affects pressure

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This section has nothing to do with using tilt to draw strokes. This refers only to how the tilt of the pen affects pressure detection.
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## Overview

The pen's physical tilt angle affects how pressure behaves.

* When holding the pen vertically, the pen is the most sensitive to pressure.
* When holding the pen tilted, the pen is less sensitive to pressure.

This is a NORMAL behavior of drawing tablet pens.

## Why this happens

Inside the pen, force from the nib is transmitted to a pressure sensor.

* When vertical, all the force on the tip of the nib hits the pressure sensor
* When tilted:
  * some of the force hits the pressure sensor
  * some of the force is transmitted to the barrel of the pen and thus is not detected

For more information about how pressure is detected, see: [EMR pressure detection](/drawtab/tech/emr/emr-pressure-detection.md)

## How you might notice it

When you draw a stroke with the pen held vertically, you might see a thicker stroke. At an angle, you will notice a slightly thinner stroke.

## This can be useful

Most pens are "over-reactive" at low physical pressure and give very blobby strokes at very low pressure. If you encounter that, you can tilt the pen more to minimize those blobby artifacts. More here: [Drawing at low physical pressure](/drawtab/core/pressure/drawing-low-pressure.md)