Choosing the Right Pen for Your Writing Style

Good question, but to find the answer you must consider not only how you write but also price, convenience and how often you intend to you use the pen.

There are four main types of pen you should consider when making you choice.

• The Fountain Pen
• The Ballpoint Pen
• The Rollerball Pen
• The Parker Ingenuity pen

Modern Fountain Pens have come a long way since the messy days of having to manually refill pens from a bottle of ink.

Most Fountain Pens use pre-filled ink cartridges that are easy to replace. The ink inside the cartridge is very watery in it's constancy, it has to be because a Fountain Pen delivers ink to the paper through gravity.

Because Fountain Pens utilize gravity, they suit people who write with a light touch. In fact, you have to apply almost not pressure at all to use a Fountain Pen

Some disadvantages of Fountain Pens are,

• The ink does not dry immediately so is more prone to smudging, especially for left hand writers.
• The sharp nib may tear at paper.
• Fountain Pens can leak, especially if exposed to changes in air pressure, like those found in an aeroplane cabin.

The Ballpoint Pen is one of the most common and cheapest pens available today. They can often be bought in multipacks are seen as disposable.

Ballpoint Pens contain ink that, unlike the water based ink used in Fountain Pens, is oil based. The ink needs to be oil based because the pen does not rely on gravity in order to operate. The ink sticks to a ball mechanism at the the tip of the pen. This ball rolls round picking up ink and transferring it to the paper. Because pressure is needed for the pen to operate it is suited to those who press harder. One advantage of using thinker ink is that it fires instantly.

Some disadvantages of Ballpoint Pens are,

• Because the ink is so viscous, they can be hard to operate in the cold.
• The lines they make are not as thick and pleasing to look at as Fountain Pens.

The Rollerball Pen is designed to take the best elements of both Fountain and Ballpoint Pens.

It contains a rolling ball mechanism like a Ballpoint Pen. The ink used isn't quite a watery as that used in Fountain Pens, is more gel like, and is still water based.

This combination gives the writer a light feel like that experienced with a Fountain pen, but also the conveniences associated with a Ballpoint.

The Parker Ingenuity pen is the latest piece of advanced writing technology to come from famed Pen maker Parker. It uses Parker's patented 5th technology and offers all the advantages of the pens mentioned above but with none of the drawbacks.

It makes use of quick drying ink technology, the special nib of the Pen will actually adapt to your personal writing style making using the Pen effortless.

The Pen is also gorgeous to look at, it has the feel of a well made watch, and will really turn heads when signing those checks.

The Parker Ingenuity Pen does have one slight drawback, it's price. Saying that though, you'd probably need another as this is built to last forever!