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 ...

Consumer trends, writing instruments The Evolution of Writing Instruments: From Quills to Smart Pens The act of writing has been a cornerstone of human ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that serious, but if ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve asked the big questions – does it write smoothly, gliding across the page and releasing ink evenly? How does it feel to hold ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In a digital heavy world, pen and paper have never been more important. Perhaps only a decade ago, ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. In today’s tech climate, most of our paperwork isn’t done on paper. Laptops, tablets, and ...

The invention of the printing press revolutionized duplication of the written word, giving the hands of tired scribes a break and making written material more accessible. A similar breakthrough has ...