Handwriting vs. Typing

[Faith No More]

I wonder why they call it a "fountain" pen.

Let me guess ... maybe because the ink comes out gushing forth like a fountain?

Good question...

The word fountain comes from the Latin word, fons, and its possessive case, fontana. The word referred to a source of water from within a reservoir.

The early pens had to dipped in an inkwell often because they did not have any ink stored within. However, for the sake of convenience, inventors were trying to develop a pen that would have ink stored in it. When such a pen was developed, it had a reservoir of ink in its barrel, thus the name fountain pen.

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