List of terms about pen and ink

This list of terms about pen and ink is an alphabetic list of terminology about ink pens and ink. Some of the terms might not be very notable outside this list.

A

• Alizarine ink – a type of ink

B

• ballpoint pen – an ink pen which uses a roller ball tip
• Ballpoint Pen Drawings – a type of drawings
• Bic Cristal – a type of ink pen
• Birmingham pen trade – commerce of ink pens in Birmingham, England
• Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association – an association
• Biro – a type of ink pen, also known as a ballpoint pen
• Blacklight paint – a type of ink

C

• C. Howard Hunt – an American company that manufactured Dip pens
• Classmate Stationery – a type of ink pen
• compatible ink – a type of ink
• conductive ink – a type of ink

D

• D. Leonardt & Co. – a manufacturer of ink pens
• Demonstrator pen – a type of ink pen
• Dip pen – a type of ink pen
• drop out ink – a type of ink

E

• Election ink – a type of ink
• Erasermate – a type of ink pen
• Erythrosine – a type of ink
• Esterbrook – a type of ink pen

F

• flex nibs – pen nibs which use pressure to vary line width
• Flo-Master – a type of ink pen
• fountain pen – a nib pen which contains a reservoir of ink
• fountain pen inks – types of ink used in fountain pens

G

• gel pen – any pen using a water-based liquid or gelled ink
• Joseph Gillott's (pens) – a manufacturer of ink pens
• Grenk – a type of ink

I

• India ink – a type of ink
• ink – a substance used to stain or dye
• ink blotter – a pad used to absorb excess ink
• inkpot – a low-lying bottle used to hold ink
• inkwell – a low-lying bottle used to hold ink
• Iron gall ink – a type of ink

J

• jotter – a type of ink pen

L

• Lithol Rubine BK – a type of ink

M

• marker pen – an ink pen used to make wider marks
• Montblanc (company) – manufacturer of ink pens
• Mr. Sketch – a brand of scented marker pens

N

• Nib (pen) – part of pen which contacts a surface to deposit ink
• Nibmeister – a person who repairs fountain pens or grinds nibs

P

• paint marker – a type of pen using oil-based paint
• Parker Vector – a type of ink pen
• pen – an instrument for writing
• Pen Room – a museum in Birmingham, England about the pen trade
• PenAgain – a pen used to reduce repetitive strain injury
• Permanent marker –
• Perry & Co. – a manufacturer of ink pens
• Plastisol – a type of ink
• porous point pen – pen with point of porous material such as felt or ceramic

Q

• quill – an ink pen made from a bird feather
• Quink – a type of ink

R

• Rastrum – a type of ink pen
• retipping – replacing or restoring the tip of an ink pen
• Rollerball pen – pen using water-based gelled ink (rather than oil)
• Ruling pen – a pen used to denote ruler lines

S

• Sheaffer Prelude – a type of ink pen
• Skin Pens – type of pen applied to skin, to create a permanent image
• Solid ink – a type of ink
• Soy ink – a type of ink
• Space Pen – a type of ink pen
• Speedball (art products) – a type of ink pen
• Stark's ink – a type of ink

T

• tattoo – a nearly permanent pattern drawn on skin
• technical pen – pen to make consistent lines in architectural or technical drawings
• thermochromism – a process of coloring by using heat

U

• Uni-ball – a type of ink pen
• UV Marker – a type of ink pen

W

• Walnut ink – a type of ink

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