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Give two examples of labels on a pencil that would indicate soft lead

Give two examples of labels on a pencil that would indicate soft lead-example-1
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2B, 3B and 4B are increasingly soft. Further up the range, 9B is the very softest lead available, but so soft and crumbly that it's rarely used. Anything over 4B is probably too soft for most people's day-to-day use.

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