A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.
The following is a list of pen types, brands and/or manufacturing companies of those writing implements. Related items are listed as well.
Types
Active Ballpoint Counter Counterfeit banknote detection Decoder Demonstrator Digital Dip Flex nibs Flux Fountain Fudepen (or "brush pen") Gel Marker pen, also known as a felt-tip pen Highlighter Mean Streak Paint Permanent Quill Rastrum Reed pen Kalamos Qalam Rollerball Ruling Skin pens Space Pen Technical pen Stylus (computing)
Inventors László Bíró (improvements ballpoint) Alfred Dunhill (improvements fountain pen) George Safford Parker (improvements fountain pen) Petrache Poenaru (improvements fountain pen) Walter A. Sheaffer (improvements fountain pen) Lewis Waterman (improvements fountain pen) Sidney Rosenthal (improvements markerpen - Magic Markers)
Brands
Related topics
Ballpoint pen artwork Birmingham pen trade Calligraphy Classmate Stationery Correction fluid Crayon Four Treasures of the Study Grease pencil Ink brush Ink eraser Inkstand Inkwell Inkstick Inkstone Invisible ink List of artistic media List of stationery topics List of terms about pen and ink List of pen names Noctograph Oil stick Paintbrush Pen spinning Pencil Charcoal pencil Graphite Mechanical pencil PenAgain Pen Museum Retipping Silverpoint Slate and stylus Stylus Writing implement Yatate
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