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Guilloche

art or engravings applied as embellishments to pen bodies.

Highlighter

a marker with a fiber tip and vibrantly colored translucent ink used to annotate written words or passages.

Fountain pen

a writing instrument with a self-contained ink supply that feeds to a metal nib.

Gripping section

the part of the pen, above the writing point, that is held between the fingers for writing.

Filling system

the various methods used to charge a fountain pen with ink.

Filigree

term loosely used to refer to the open and decorative metal work on a pen's overlay.

Felt-tip

a writing/marking instrument that uses a felt point to deliver ink to paper.

Fiber-tip

a writing/marking instrument that uses a stiff, fibrous material to deliver ink to paper.

Engrave

the process of decorative incising.

Feeder

located under the nib, this channeled piece of ebonite or plastic allows the proper amount of ink to flow to the tip of the fountain pen nib for writing.

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