This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at school, ...

It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that serious, but if ...

The fountain pen as a practical writing instrument has been declared obsolete numerous times. It was supposedly doomed by the innovations of the drip-free ballpoint pen and the typewriter, then the ...

In this age of cell phones, text messages and computer keyboards, one Scottish school has returned to basics. It's teaching youngsters the neglected art of writing with a fountain pen. There is no ...

At a time when writing tools are being replaced by smartphones and other digital gadgets, fountain pens are bucking the trend. The classic writing instrument’s comeback stems from the release of ...

Fountain pens are the most personal of writing instruments. For a long time, fountain pens were the only type of pen available. When mass-produced ballpoint pens came along, however, most people opted ...