As an artist, I use all shorts of fancy gizmos in my arsenal. Different sized tips for my inkwell pens, specific pens for inking, a click pencil with ridged metal grip to prevent slipping, all the way down to my desk designed specifically for artists (it tilts to any angle I feel the need for). But one of my most important tools is the Alvin 12 inch T-Square. Let’s have a look shall we?

Alvin’s 12 inch T-Square Features: Plastic construction, inch measurements, millimeter measurements, 90 degree angle on both sides.

Every good artist should have one of these. Straight lines are made easy with it’s hard plastic edge and who here doesn’t like to draw 90 degree angles? I sure do! Designing cityscapes and boxes become a breeze. Another groovy feature is the clear plastic design. This allows you a greater easy at linking up crop marks without lifting up the ruler to see under it. The down side is that once dropped, it’s hard to find where it went because it’s clear.

The only really major flaw in this is the size. If you want to measure something that’s more than 12 inches you are out of luck. For a few inches or 12, it’s absolutely perfect, almost as if it were designed for that, but I like to measure both large and small items and this only covers one of those. Sad, but that’s why I use multiple tools for drawing.

Handiness: 8.8, Usability: 6.871