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, ...

If you love to write with fountain pens, you know it can be tricky to find a notebook that’s strong enough to stand up to them. The best notebooks for fountain pens have pages that are sturdy enough ...

I went shopping for a stylus the other day after deciding to go paperless and give up writing the old-fashioned way on a paper notebook. Many of my fellow journos still lug around the notepads that ...

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 ...

You—yes, you—you’re an artist, even if you don’t know it. Think about it: When you compose a letter or write in a journal by hand, you’re inadvertently creating nothing less than a piece of found art, ...

Last year, with a gentleness I didn’t know I was capable of, I coaxed my best friend into overcoming her lifelong fear of lipstick, helping her choose colors for herself, teaching her how to apply and ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. In a digital heavy world, pen and paper have never been more important.

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 ...