Black inks
From Jet Pens, a guide to black fountain pen inks.
Tinta Azul
I know that one is never supposed to buy wine for the label, especially not a label with a picture of a critter. But Tinta Azul I had to buy for its label. Look: tile work. And the name means “blue ink.”
Orange Crate Art: Schoolboyish
Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Antibes, 1931, indulging in stationery.
Pen and paper and
From Judith Flanders’s A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order: everything that used to be needed for writing with ink.
A mystery supply
The mystery item in this photograph is a household object of sorts that I turned into a “supply” — something at home in the world of stationery and office supplies.
Smoke and ink
Walter Benjamin on “flow.”
Black inks
Jet Pens compares black inks.
Zippy ink
Worried about a fountain pen.
Pelikan FullForever cartridges
I can’t wait for this ink to appear in bottled form.
Recently updated
Casting doubt on the Garamond v. Times New Roman story.
Fonts and ink and $
Will Garamond save millions? It’s not that simple.
King’s Row, wet ink
James Wong Howe’s luminous cinematography.
Ink&paper
A short film about Aardvark Letterpress and McManus & Morgan, the last letterpress printer and the last paper store in downtown Los Angeles.
The inkless pen
Cool, I guess, but I like "supplies."
R. Crumb's supplies
Strathmore vellum, crow-quill nibs, Pelikan drawing ink
Proust's supplies
Nibs and ink
Invisible ink cigarette card
From the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery
National Handwriting Day
January 23