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, ...

The popularity of journaling and letter writing is a big driver of the resurgence of more elegant writing instruments ...

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 ...

I’ve recently rediscovered the joy of fountain pens. I remember my mother always using one, dipping it into a bottle of blue ink for refills, and telling me that writing with such a pen would improve ...

Fellow writers Paul Auster, Tony Kushner and Colm Toibin have likewise sung the praises of the fountain pen for how it best gives vent to their thoughts. Because a nib gradually moulds to its owner’s ...

I have horrid penmanship. Partly because I have some nerve issues in my dominant hand but also because I never really tried to learn how to write legibly in the first place. According to a close ...