下文“Ballpoint pens can be less comfortable to write with because more pressure must be applied when writing with them. In addition, it doesn’t feel natural to join letters together because of the way the ink flows. Some say these factors contributed to the decline of cursive writing(使用圆...
to capillary action. But some pens had their reservoirs for ink and didn’t need to be dipped. They appeared for the first time in the 10th century but didn’t become popular until the 19th century and the appearance of afountain penin France. On October 30, 1888, John J. Loud ...
the Jotter, in January 1954. The Jotter wrote five times longer than the Eversharp or Reynolds pens. It had a variety of point sizes, a rotating cartridge, and large-capacity ink refills. Best of all, it worked. Parker sold
Quills were made from feathers of different birds, but the best ones were made from goose, swan, and turkey feathers.Before quills, people used styluses to write on clay and wax and reed pens with ink to write on papyrus and animal skins. The problem with clay texts was that they were...
The search for a pen that didn’t leave blobs of ink was a long one. It resulted in the invention of the ballpoint pen, thanks to contributions by John J. Loud and László Bíró.
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During this period, calligraphy acquired the status of an art form. Also, numerous theoretical studies were published, such as "Bi Zhen Tu" by Wei Shuo (272–349), which discussed the concepts of flow and law of calligraphy, as well as the various brush and ink techniques, and principles...
1905: The company met consumer needs for large stylish fountain pens by introducing the Black Giant, and, in the same year, the “Spear-Head” ink feed was developed. 1906: Parker released the Emblem Pen, which contained an engraved mark of a secret society. 1907: The Snake Pen, in ster...
History of the Ballpoint Hungarian journalist Laszlo Biro was well aware of the problems with normal pens. Biro believed that the idea of a pen using a quick-drying ink instead of India ink came to him while visiting anewspaper. The newspaper's ink left the paper dry and smudge-free almost...
John Mitchell from Birmingham was the first to mass-produce pens with metal nibs in 1822. These had a handle and a metal point with a split that held a small amount of ink when dipped. They worked the same as quills but lasted much longer, didn’t need to be sharpened, and could be...