Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen ... Over time, a pen will adapt to you, its nib bending to fit the contours of your unique writing style, transforming a mass ...

but as fountain pens require less downwards pressure to write you’ll still find these more comfortable in the long run. The ink flow and a gold nib of a fountain pen will also have an effect on ...

She said women in particular enjoy using colorful inks to doodle, draw and write. This is because inks can promptly be changed, unlike their fountain pen counterparts, once the nib is washed in water.

When it comes to fountain pens, it’s mostly the nib that separates elite pens from the merely really good ones. Sailor’s nibs rank among the most highly regarded in the world of writing.