Ballpoint Pens

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A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indian, Indonesian, Pakistani, and Philippine English), or dot pen (Nepali English and South Asian English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point". The metals commonly used are steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. The design was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument; millions are manufactured and sold daily. It has influenced art and graphic design and spawned an artwork genre.

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Article title : Ballpoint pen
"aircrew as the "Biro". Ballpoint pens were found to be more versatile than fountain pens, especially in airplanes, where fountain pens were prone to leak..."
Article title : Ballpoint pen artwork
"mid-20th century, ballpoint pens have proven to be a versatile art medium for professional artists as well as amateur doodlers. Ballpoint pen artwork created..."
Article title : Pen
"dip pens, which were used for writing, have been replaced by ballpoint pens, rollerball pens, fountain pens and felt or ceramic tip pens. Ruling pens, which..."
Article title : Ballpoint pen knife
"A ballpoint pen knife is a multi-tool pocketknife consisting of a blade concealed inside an ordinary-looking ballpoint pen. The blade, typically 50 to..."
Article title : Sailor (pen company)
"producing ballpoint pens. Sailor was founded by Kyugoro Sakata and his brother in 1911 in Hiroshima as the Sakata Manufactory producing gold pen nibs. Mr..."
Article title : Lamy
"Rösner then took over as CEO. Lamy's product range includes fountain pens, ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, and ink. In February 2024, Lamy was bought by..."
Article title : Reynolds International Pen Company
"ballpoint, the Biro pen. In October 1945, Milton was able to reverse engineer the Biro pen and was the first to manufacture and sell ballpoint pens into..."
Article title : Parker Jotter
"the Parker Pen Company's second and best-selling retracting refillable ballpoint pen. The first was the Hopalong Cassidy Parkette ballpoint made for children..."
Article title : Quill
"invention of the dip pen/metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen. As with the earlier reed pen (and later dip pen), a quill has..."
Article title : Rollerball pen
"ballpoint pens. These less viscous inks, which tend to saturate more deeply and more widely into paper than other types of ink, give roller ball pens..."

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