List of terms about pen and ink

A

• Alizarine ink

B

• Ballpoint pen – an ink pen which uses a roller ball tip
• Ballpoint [pen artwork]
• Bic Cristal – a brand of inexpensive, disposable ink pen
• Birmingham pen trade – commerce of ink pens in Birmingham, England
• Birmingham [Pen Trade Heritage Association]
• Biro – a type of ink pen, also known as a ballpoint pen
• Blacklight paint – a type of ink which glows under a black light

C

• C. Howard Hunt – an American company that manufactured dip pens; defunct; its pens are now commercialized under the "Speedball" brand
• Classmate Stationery – an Indian brand of student stationery products
• Compatible ink - for use in printers
• Conductive ink - results in a printed object which conducts electricity

D

• D. Leonardt & Co. – a manufacturer of pens; founded in 1856, it is one of the oldest manufacturers of dip pens
• Demonstrator pen – a pen which is transparent, so its inner mechanism can be seen
• Dip pen – a type of nib pen with no ink reservoir
• Drop out ink

E

• Election ink – a type of ink applied to the finger of a voter, to prevent election fraud
• Erasermate – a brand of erasable pen, manufactured by Papermate
• Erythrosine – a type of ink and food dye
• Esterbrook – a brand of ink and fountain pens

F

• Flex nibs – pen nibs which use pressure to vary line width
• Flo-Master – a brand of inks and markers in the latter half of the 20th century
• Fountain pen – a nib pen which contains a reservoir of ink
• Fountain pen inks

G

• Gel pen – any pen using a water-based liquid or gelled 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 purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids

J

• Joseph Gillott's – a manufacturer of ink pens
• Jotter – a type of ballpoint pen

L

• Lithol Rubine BK – a type of ink and food dye

M

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

N

• Nib – the part of a 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 – a manufacturer of luxury pens
• Pelikan - a German, Swiss-incorporated manufacturer of fountain pens and other writing, office and art equipment
• 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 a point of porous material such as felt or ceramic

Q

• Quill – an ink pen made from a bird feather
• Quink – a fountain pen ink developed by the Parker Pen Company

R

• Rastrum – a five-pointed instrument used to draw parallel lines, sometimes assembled out of ink pens
• Retipping – replacing or restoring the tip of an ink pen
• Rollerball pen – pen using water-based gelled ink
• Ruling pen – a pen used to denote ruler lines

S

• Sheaffer – a manufacturer of writing implements, primarily luxury pens, founded in 1913
• * Sheaffer Prelude – a line of writing instruments made by the Sheaffer Pen Company
• Skin pens – a type of pen applied to skin by doctors or tattoo artists, to create a temporary image
• Solid ink – a type of ink for use in printers
• Soy ink – made from soybeans and more environmentally friendly than some other inks
• Space Pen – a pen which uses pressurized ink cartridges and is able to write in zero gravity
• Speedball – a manufacturer of pens and other art materials
• Stark's ink – a homemade ink in the 19th century

T

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

U

• uni-ball – a brand of ink pen made by the Mitsubishi Pencil Company
• UV marker – a pen whose marks can be seen only under an ultraviolet light

W

• Walnut ink – a type of ink made from walnuts' husks