The Ballpoint Pen

How The Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

Thicker ink, fewer smudges, and more strained hands: an Object Lesson

Josh Giesbrecht | August 28, 2105

Recently, Bic launched a campaign to “save handwriting.” Named “Fight for Your Write,” it includes a pledge to “encourage the act of handwriting” in the pledge-taker’s home and community, and emphasizes putting more of the company’s ballpoints into classrooms.

Source: http://www.jetpens.com/blog/how-to-write-with-a-fountain-pen/pt/271

<more at http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/ballpoint-pens-object-lesson-history-handwriting/402205/; related links: http://www.bicfightforyourwrite.com/ (Take BIC's Pledge to Save Handwriting!) and http://www.jetpens.com/blog/how-to-write-with-a-fountain-pen/pt/271 (How to Write with a Fountain Pen. March 4, 2013)>