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List of pen types, brands and companies

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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
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  • 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

A

  • AIHAO
  • Anoto
  • Aurora

B

  • Ballograf
  • Berol
  • Borghini
  • Bic

C

  • Camlin
  • Caran d'Ache
  • Carter's
  • Cartier
  • Cerruti
  • Conway Stewart
  • Copic
  • Crayola
  • Cretacolor
  • Cross
  • Curtis
  • Classmate

D

  • D. Leonardt & Co.
  • Derwent Cumberland
  • Displays2Go
  • Dunhill

E

  • Esselte
  • Esterbrook
  • Expo

F

  • F. Weber
  • Faber-Castell
  • Flo-Master
  • Frost & Adams

H

  • Hero
  • Herlitz
  • Hi-Liter
  • Hindustan Pencils
  • Hunt

J

  • Joseph Gillott's
  • Josiah Mason

K

  • Kaweco
  • Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth

L

  • Lamy
  • Levenger Company
  • Livescribe
  • Luxor

M

  • Macniven and Cameron
  • Magic Marker
  • Marsh
  • Maped
  • Monami
  • Montblanc
  • Montegrappa
  • Muji

N

  • Namiki

O

  • Ohto
  • OMAS
  • Onoto pens

P

  • Paper Mate
  • Parker Pen Company
  • Pelikan
  • Pentel
  • Perry & Co.
  • Pilot
  • Prismacolor

R

  • Reeves and Sons
  • Reynolds
  • Rotring
  • Rotomac

S

  • S. T. Dupont
  • Sakura
  • Sanford L.P.
  • Sharpie
  • Schwan-Stabilo
  • Sheaffer
  • Speedball
  • Staedtler
  • Swarovski

T

  • Tiffany & Co.
  • Tombow

U

  • Uni-ball
  • UV marker

V

  • Visconti

W

  • Wacom
  • Waterman
  • Winsor & Newton

X

Y

  • Yard-O-Led

Z

  • Zebra

References

References

  1. "Definition of PEN".
  2. "Benefit of Using Pen". Rahul.
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