Writing tools have shaped human communication for thousands of years, influencing how information is recorded, preserved, and shared. Every major civilization developed methods for putting words onto ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. Most pen lovers who have been nurturing their fine pen fixation for ...

Just like wristwatches or cufflinks, fine pens have long outgrown their utilitarian roots, becoming subtle—or not so subtle, as the case may be—status symbols that reflect a part of their owners’ ...

You can write with just about anything. A cheap BIC pen, a crayon, a burnt match stick…even blood on the tip of your finger if you want to go primal. Making marks on a piece of paper isn’t hard or ...

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Nobody wants to be taking notes, journaling, or drawing only to have their work bleed through the page. While bleed-resistant pens can come in a variety of styles, certain pen types tend to be more ...

Touchscreens have brought us amazing new ways to interact with tech. These styluses bring precision and functionalities that ...

In a wonderful article published on the New York Review of Books blog the poet Charles Simic proclaimed "writing with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper is becoming an infrequent activity". Simic was ...