How to Celebrate National Handwriting Day

How to Celebrate National Handwriting Day

It's National Handwriting Day! We often get people in the shop who are looking for a fountain pen in order to improve their handwriting, or tell us that they've noticed their handwriting improving since they've started using a new pen.
January 23, 2015 — wonderpens
Tags: Handwriting
Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? Article from The Guardian

Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? Article from The Guardian

The other day a couple came in, and one of them was looking to purchase a fountain pen.
December 19, 2014 — wonderpens
Tags: Handwriting
Thoughts on Journal Writing

Thoughts on Journal Writing

Journal writing is one of the last bastions of writing that is often best done by hand. We now send e-mails and type up our lab reports and of course here I am blogging this in the hopes that someone is reading this on their screen. 
May 07, 2014 — wonderpens
The Pen is Mightier Than the Phone: A Case for Writing Things Out

The Pen is Mightier Than the Phone: A Case for Writing Things Out

I love this article on FastCompany, which discusses how writing by hand can differ from tapping away at a keyboard or smartphone.
April 26, 2013 — wonderpens