page_title: Pen
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caption_attribution_description: Català: Tremps i portaplomes. English: Some dip pen nibs and penholders, two of them with a nib fitted. The pens, from top to bottom and from left to right are: Gallia (Compagnie Française) unmarked flat spear pen Leonardt Shakespeare Brause № 76 rosenfeder Blanzy-Conté-Gilbert Tréraid 0,75 Leonardt № 40 steno A. Armstrong &amp; Cº J M Sveriges Pennfabrik 20 EF Leonardt Index Pen Unknown Penna Anonelliana Conté 1423 Atome Español: Unas plumillas y portaplumas, dos de ellos con una plumilla insertada. Las plumillas, de arriba a abajo y de izquierda a derecha son: Gallia (Compagnie Française) plumilla de lanza sin identificación Leonardt Shakespeare Brause № 76 rosenfeder Blanzy-Conté-Gilbert Tréraid 0,75 Leonardt № 40 steno A. Armstrong &amp; Cº J M Sveriges Pennfabrik 20 EF Leonardt Index Pen Desconocida Penna Anonelliana Conté 1423 Atome
context_page_description: A pen is a tool used for writing or drawing. The ink of the pen is pressed onto paper and dries very fast.
  Reed pens are the oldest known type of pen. They were made from reeds growing in the delta of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians invented them, and also invented black ink, using soot and gum arabic. Their pens had split nibs to regulated the flow of ink to the writing tip. This simple design is still used in calligraphy today.
  Quill pens are one of the oldest type of pens. A quill pen is the feather of a bird, usually a goose. The end of the feather was kept very sharp and had to be dipped into ink after every few words.
  Reed and quill pens are dip pens because they have to be dipped in ink many times during writing or drawing. Modern dip pens have nibs made of metal.
  Fountain pens are like dip pens, but can hold enough ink inside to write several pages before being refilled. Inside, the ink is held in a sac or cartridge.
  A ballpoint pen is generally cylindrical plastic shaft that holds ink and is smaller than a fountain pen. It has a small hard ball on the writing end that rolls the ink onto the paper.
  A stylus is a pen that cannot write on paper.
context_section_description: A pen (Latin: pinna, feather) is a tool used for writing or drawing. The ink of the pen is pressed onto paper and dries very fast.
  Reed pens are the oldest known type of pen. They were made from reeds growing in the delta of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians invented them, and also invented black ink, using soot and gum arabic. Their pens had split nibs to regulated the flow of ink to the writing tip. This simple design is still used in calligraphy today.
  Quill pens are one of the oldest type of pens.  A quill pen is the feather of a bird, usually a goose.  The end of the feather (the quill) was kept very sharp and had to be dipped into ink after every few words.
  Reed and quill pens are dip pens because they have to be dipped in ink many times during writing or drawing. Modern dip pens have nibs made of metal.
  Fountain pens are like dip pens, but can hold enough ink inside to write several pages before being refilled. Inside, the ink is held in a sac or cartridge. 
  A ballpoint pen is generally cylindrical plastic shaft that holds ink and is smaller than a fountain pen. It has a small hard ball on the writing end that rolls the ink onto the paper.
  A stylus is a pen that cannot write on paper. Styli of wood or metal have been used for thousands of years, for example in cuneiform writing. A modern computer stylus is usually made of plastic and may have electronics inside. It is used with a touchscreen.
  The coming of the personal computer much reduced the need to write on paper. All the same, a personally written letter  suggests "I think so much of you that I took the effort to write a real letter.'
caption: Eight nibs and some penholders
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