A pen that produces handwriting in Helvetica? Apparently so, even if it only seems to work for some people…
Ahhhh… technology. The geniuses at Plexifilm have spent the past two years developing a Sharpie pen that actually writes in Helvetica! This pen is so experimental that it’s priceless… literally.
The Helvetica sharpie, a sharp pen for a sharp font
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 26 November, 2008 to the design and art subset
The Biro ballpoint pen’s 70th birthday
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 16 June, 2008 to the design and art subset
The story behind the creation of the ballpoint pen, and also the origin of the Bic pen.
Biro sold his patent to Baron Marcel Bich of France for $2m, around £11.6m in today’s money. In 1950 Bich (who later dropped the ‘h’ to become Bic) launched his own cheap, disposable, mass-produced ballpoint pen. It conquered the [...]
My favourite pen is dead
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 30 April, 2008 to the comment subset
A pen is not merely a writing implement, and a great pen should feel like an… extension of your hand.
Finding a great pen is not a matter of browsing the pen aisle at Officeworks though, and choosing the first one you like the look of. If that’s what you think, then it’s time you learnt [...]
