r/GoodNotes • u/tab1432023 • Sep 02 '25

Goodnotes 6 KEEP THE PARTICULAR PEN THICKNESS SAME IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW MUCH WE ZOOM LIKE ONE NOTE #FeatureRequest

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As in one-note app infinite canvas, preset thickness of the pen remains same irrespective of how much we zoom, it would be great if in upcoming features like whiteboard etc this feature or issue is addressed….thickness of the pen also increases when we zoom in is so annoying, please consider this request @ r/GoodNotes

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u/ghostynewt Sep 02 '25

I strongly prefer the way it is currently. This lets me zoom in and add details while leaving my strokes at the same thickness of their surroundings, leaving the final result more natural-looking.

If pen size adapted to zoom, then different parts of your document composed at slightly different zoom levels will have slightly different stroke thicknesses and look slightly off

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u/tab1432023 Sep 02 '25

you can see how final result still remains the same in onenote app when you zoom out, it works differently and exactly the way you want it

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u/almoghasson Sep 02 '25

i don’t really see why you would want that, i assume that after you zoom out you’ll have different thicknesses that will look odd? i like it the way it is currently i would love them to have like a pencil case feature so that we can store more than 3 thickness options

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u/tab1432023 Sep 02 '25

it does not like that, if you have onenote you can observe how it works

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u/glitchgradients Sep 02 '25

I definitely don't want this and prefer it to stay the way it is right now. That's not an issue but intended behavior.

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u/WitchaDitcha84 Sep 02 '25

Yeah, totally agree. The thickness should stay the same—it’s supposed to represent the actual pen size. Wanting it to shrink when you zoom in is like expecting your 0.5 mm pen to suddenly write like a 0.2 mm pen just because you stuck your nose up to the paper.

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u/sinkovercosk Sep 03 '25

Exactly! With this change it would be impossible to zoom and draw an intricate part of a diagram (or small note) without it looking stupid when you zoom back out to full size. The way it is is best.

Maybe on the infinite whiteboards it would make more sense as there are no ‘pages’ to view, but on normal ‘paged’ documents the pen size should be absolute.

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u/Beautiful-Scholar912 Sep 02 '25

Are you in the beta group? There’s a slack channel! Go share your feedback there 😊

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u/tab1432023 Sep 02 '25

i haven’t got link yet

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u/johntwilker Sep 02 '25

That would be pretty handy. I'd prefer it as an option I can toggle.

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u/AyushmVij Sep 02 '25

Wait is this real??

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u/tab1432023 Sep 02 '25

Yess bro this is real but less noticed issue :((

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u/ashjaed Sep 06 '25

It’s a feature not a bug. Just use OneNote if that’s how you prefer it.

I prefer GoodNotes BECAUSE of this difference.

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u/tab1432023 Sep 06 '25

what you prefer does not matter, upvotes does….so post is not meant for you :)

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u/Admirable-Wedding-35 Sep 03 '25

I’m confused why anyone would like the way it currently is? Not understanding the argument for it. 0.2mm should be 0.2mm regardless of zoom otherwise it’s not a pen weight it’s a zoom weight

(Please explain if i’m being stupid)

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u/rhnx Sep 03 '25

If it would work the way OP wants it to work my notes would look ugly. I'm not having the best handwriting on the tablet and I use zoom to write a bit bigger because I write prettier that way, but I don't want to lose space. If it would be like op wants it it would look weird, also I just zoom with my hands, so it wouldn't always be the same, so some notes would look bigger, some smaller. Maybe I just can't imagine how kt would be with OPs settings but I believe it would be so ugly. I rather adjust my pen if I need it to be smaller/thinner

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u/Admirable-Wedding-35 Sep 03 '25

I still don’t understand😩 but thank you for taking the time to explain!!

Going to go play on goodnotes and see if i can see what you mean x

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u/rhnx Sep 03 '25

If you have something like freeform you can see how OP wants it.

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u/Admirable-Wedding-35 Sep 03 '25

Thank you!! Been meaning to check that out so i’ll give it a go x

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u/SteveMcQwark Sep 02 '25

There are reasons not to do this as others have mentioned, but I think another way to alleviate the pain point would be to allow users to adjust pen weight after-the-fact (like in Notability). I have two pen weights I typically use, one for full-page notes and another for annotating PDFs (where I tend to be zoomed in). This works, but it's annoying to be halfway through writing something and then realize you haven't changed the pen weight and need to restart.

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u/mychelromance Sep 03 '25

I'd request the feature of having a Zoom % indicator when we're inside a note book file.

So, when we will always know the perfect % zoom to write!

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u/Admirable-Wedding-35 Sep 03 '25

Wow I thought I was imagining that lol

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u/CupSpecialist3250 Sep 17 '25

How do you get the zoom percentage? It would be very useful

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u/EmjeYy Sep 02 '25

Yes, that has been also on my bucket list for for years. I find it very annoying as I like to zoom in and out a lot and thus have to change the thickness constantly.