You’ve probably never used a fountain pen, or accidentally spilled a jar of refil ink and ruined your favorite pants. And for that, you have the ballpoint pen to thank. The handy gadget is having its ...

June 10 is National Ballpoint pen day. Why celebrate such a seemingly simple item? When it was invented, the ballpoint pen was revolutionary. The writing apparatus was invented by Hungarian painter ...

Recently, Bic launched a campaign to “save handwriting.” Named “Fight for Your Write,” it includes a pledge to “encourage the act of handwriting” in the pledge-taker’s home and community, and ...

The pen is perhaps one of the most momentous discoveries ever. While there is no concrete evidence on when the first pen was discovered, history books point out that the first ever pen was a dip pen ...

The ballpoint pen wasn't a single invention. Though American John J. Loud patented the first design in 1888 for writing on rough surfaces, his pen was impractical. Hungarian journalist László Bíró ...

Fountain pens were a stylish statement but messy and impractical. Their replacement was a stroke of design genius perfectly in time for the era of mass production. On 29 October 1945, the New York ...