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  2. Ink - Wikipedia

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    Bottles of ink from Germany Writing ink and a quill. Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill.

  3. Pounce (powder) - Wikipedia

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    Pounce is gently sprinkled all over the writing on the paper. When using a quill or a steel nib, and with inks that are made up to match those typically in use during the 18th and 19th centuries, and provided the pen has been used with the fine strokes typical of handwriting of that period, the handwriting will be sufficiently dry within 10 seconds to allow the paper to be folded without blotting.

  4. Calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Calligraphy (from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía) 'beautiful writing') is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument.

  5. Invisible ink - Wikipedia

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    A coded letter from Benedict Arnold, originally written in invisible ink. Handwriting by Peggy Shippen Arnold is interspersed with coded communication in Arnold's hand. Invisible ink , also known as security ink or sympathetic ink , is a substance used for writing, which is invisible either on application or soon thereafter, and can later be ...

  6. Letterpress printing - Wikipedia

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    1917 press room, using a line shaft power system. At right are several small platen jobbing presses, at left, a cylinder press.. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution and industrial mechanisation, inking was carried out by rollers that passed over the face of the type, then moved out of the way onto an ink plate to pick up a fresh film of ink for the next sheet.

  7. Pen - Wikipedia

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    A luxury pen. A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity that had to be periodically recharged by dipping the tip of the pen into an inkwell.

  8. What type of pen does Donald Trump use? Here's how he signs ...

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    Pictures: Here are all the times Trump's notes and letters have been photographed During the Inaugural Parade inside Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., Trump tossed out Sharpies to the crowd.

  9. Quill - Wikipedia

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    Quill and a parchment. A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird.Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen/metal-nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, eventually, the ballpoint pen.