List of pen types, brands and companies

A pen is a handheld device used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Additional types of specialized pens are used in specific types of applications and environments such as in artwork, electronics, digital scanning and spaceflight, and computing.

The following is a list of pen types, brands and/or manufacturing companies of those writing implements. Related items are listed as well.

Types

 * Active
 * Ballpoint
 * Counter
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 * Decoder
 * Demonstrator
 * Digital
 * Dip
 * Flex nibs
 * Flux
 * Fountain
 * Fudepen (or "brush pen")
 * Gel
 * Marker pen, also known as a felt-tip pen
 * Connector pen
 * Highlighter
 * Mean Streak
 * Paint
 * Permanent
 * Qalam
 * Quill
 * Rastrum
 * Reed pen
 * Kalamos
 * Qalam
 * Rollerball
 * Ruling
 * Skin pens
 * Space Pen
 * Technical pen
 * Stylus (computing)

Inventors

 * Alfred Dunhill
 * George Safford Parker
 * László Bíró
 * Lewis Waterman
 * Petrache Poenaru
 * Walter A. Sheaffer
 * Vedang R. Mungra

Brands
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A

 * Anoto
 * Aurora

B

 * Ballograf
 * Berol
 * Borghini
 * Bic

C

 * Camlin
 * Caran d'Ache
 * Carter's
 * Cartier
 * Cerruti
 * Conway Stewart
 * Copic
 * Crayola
 * Cretacolor
 * Cross
 * Curtis
 * Cello
 * Classmate

D

 * D. Leonardt & Co.
 * Derwent Cumberland
 * Displays2Go
 * Dunhill
 * Delta
 * Doms

E

 * Esselte
 * Esterbrook
 * Expo

F

 * F. Weber
 * Faber-Castell
 * Flo-Master
 * Frost & Adams

H

 * Hero
 * Herlitz
 * Hi-Liter
 * Hindustan Pencils
 * Hunt
 * Hauser

J

 * Joseph Gillott's
 * Josiah Mason

K

 * Kaweco
 * Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth

L

 * Lamy
 * Levenger Company
 * Livescribe
 * Luxor
 * Linc

M

 * Macniven and Cameron
 * Magic Marker
 * Maped
 * Monami
 * Montblanc
 * Montegrappa
 * Muji
 * Montex

N

 * Namiki

O

 * Ohto
 * OMAS
 * Onoto pens

P

 * Paper Mate
 * Parker Pen Company
 * Pelikan
 * Pentel
 * Perry & Co.
 * Pilot
 * Prismacolor
 * Perrie Cardin

R

 * Reeves and Sons
 * Reynolds
 * Rotring
 * Rotirio

S

 * S. T. Dupont
 * Sakura
 * Sanford L.P.
 * Sharpie
 * Schwan-Stabilo
 * Sheaffer
 * Speedball
 * Staedtler
 * Swarovski

T

 * Tiffany & Co.
 * Tombow

U

 * Uni-ball
 * UV marker

V

 * Visconti

W

 * Wacom
 * Waterman
 * Winsor & Newton

X

 * Xezo

Y

 * Yard-O-Led

Z
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 * Zebra

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 * Calligraphy
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 * Ink eraser
 * Inkstand
 * Inkwell
 * Inkstick
 * Inkstone
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 * Oil stick
 * Paintbrush
 * Pen spinning
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 * Graphite
 * Mechanical pencil
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 * Retipping
 * Silverpoint
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 * Stylus
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