The cheap pen that changed writing forever
One side effect not discussed here: how the shift to ballpoint pens increased hand strain [0]. Writing with a fountain pen is relatively effortless - not to deny it has several other drawbacks. I imagine this is part of why, as an elementary school student in France, I was required to write with only fountain pens.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballp...</a>