Handwriting activates more of your brain than typing. Here's what science says and why it matters more in an age of AI.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In a digital heavy world, pen and paper have never been more important. Perhaps only a decade ago, ...

In an era of touchscreens and ballpoints, the fountain pen – used by the likes of Winston Churchill and Sean Connery – is quietly booming thanks to journaling and Gen Z fans.

When do you actually become a Pen Guy? Similar to being Fashion Guy, Car Guy, or Watch Guy, it comes at a point in adulthood when you have enough self-respect to want better from everyday items. All ...

I have terrible handwriting. Just awful. Less legible than your doctor’s tossed-off chicken scratch, more erratic than your first-grader’s exercise book scribble. At worst, my penmanship vaguely ...

In a wonderful article published on the New York Review of Books blog the poet Charles Simic proclaimed "writing with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper is becoming an infrequent activity". Simic was ...

The drawbacks of being left-handed are rarely more apparent than when you’re in grade school. If you’re part of the club, then you know our personal vendetta against spiral-bound notebooks and binders ...

Wetting a fountain pen to compose a thank-you note is a grand way to express gratitude for a holiday gift, yet we often don’t give a thought to what happens when ink moves from pen to paper. But for a ...