Two LED lights, powered by one AAA battery (which lasts up to 20 hours), are fitted inside the cone of the Pilot’s Pen, so the light is close to your writing surface and casts an even glow.

“Pen,” meaning a writing implement, comes from “penna,” the Latin word for wing or feather, ... Cattle pens and state pens — The enclosure for animals comes from the Old English “penn.” ...

With the kids back to school, equipped with their compute disks, some collectors are drawn to writing supplies of another era: fine fountain pens. They’re discovering that others share their … ...

The average person types between 38 and 40 words per minute, which has clear benefits when speed is the primary objective.Writing with a pen and paper, on the other hand, "requires more mental ...

Thicker ink meant it didn't smudge as easily as its predecessor, the fountain pen—but it also made writing by hand more physically demanding.

She's been writing for 23 years, and now uses Facebook to find pen pals. "I'm an only child and I find comfort in it," she said. She and many others expect their pen pals are in it for the long haul.