Although the development of writing implements has been steadily progressing through the centuries, it was not until 1963 that the Japanese firm Pentel introduced the first fibre tip pens.
These pens offer a more diverse range of writing styles than any other writing implement for two simple reasons, they can have variable size and shape tips, and can be filled with a wide variety of inks including fluorescent types!
The operation of the felt (or fibre) tip pen is very simple. An acrylic tip is secured to the end of a plastic tube. The rear of the acrylic tip is embedded into a felt roll soaked in ink stored within the plastic tube body. This felt roll acts as a reservoir of ink keeping a constant flow to the tip.
