BIC Cristal Original Ballpoint Pens, Every-Day Biro Pens with Medium Point (1.0mm), Blue Ink, Pack of 10

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a b Garnham, Emily (16 April 2010). "Biro artist recreates Girl With A Pearl Earring masterpiece". Daily Express. London: Northern and Shell Media. OCLC 173337077. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010 . Retrieved 30 March 2017. In 1935 Ladislas Biro and his brother Georg (who was a chemist) set about designing a new pen. The instigator was Ladislas, who was editor of a small newspaper at that time, and was fed up with The International Organization for Standardization has published standards for ball point and roller ball pens:

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The Bic Biro is also an object of mystery. Yes it is true, this seemingly ordinary writing implement has strange powers! It can disappear.The hexagonal body makes it easy to grip; the “transparent shaft that allows you to see the ink running out”, Hensher says. A tiny hole in the body equalises the air pressure both inside and outside the pen. Then there is the ink, drying in a couple of seconds instead of the 10s of seconds. “To be perfectly honest, the Bic pen is just such a miracle you don’t even think about it anymore.

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we would be carrying about fountain pens and the necessary ink for refilling. Can you imagine what sort of fountain pen ISO 14145-2:1998 – Roller ball pens and refills – Part 2: Documentary use (DOC)". Iso.org. 12 June 2009. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005 . Retrieved 11 September 2010. Types of ballpoint pens [ edit ] Bic Cristal ballpoint pens shown in four basic ink colors Twist action ballpoint pen with large capacity G2 type refill. Model: Waterman Stainless Steel Commonly used ballpoint refill types (diameter and length given in millimeters)Writing instrument". United States Patent Office. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016 . Retrieved 30 March 2017– via Google Patents. Maksel, Rebecca. "If You Like Ballpoint Pens, Thank the R.A.F." Air & Space Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020 . Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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Red ball point fountain pen inks and colorants therefor". United States Patent Office. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016 . Retrieved 30 March 2017– via Google Patents. This simple everyday object is considered by some to be a design classic. Its functionality, truth to form, and simple clean design is Bíró's patent, and other early patents on ballpoint pens, often used the term "ball-point fountain pen". [18] [ self-published source?] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Postwar proliferation [ edit ] 2018 Parker Jotters are similar to the version that first came out in 1954 Bich invested heavily in advertising, hiring poster designer Raymond Savignac in 1952. That year Bic won the French Oscar de la publicité award for advertising. [2] In 1953 advertising executive Pierre Guichenné advised Bich to shorten his family name to Bic as an easy-to-remember, globally adaptable trade name for the pen, which fit in with product branding trends of the post-war era. [5] Early Bic advertisements in France referred to the Cristal as the "Atomic pen". [6] Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Bic Cristal's writing tip and ergonomic design helped shift the worldwide market for pens from fountain pens to ballpoints.Stephen Van Dulken; Andrew Phillips (2002). Inventing the 20th century: 100 inventions that shaped the world. NYU Press. p.106. BICWorld.com FAQ – BIC World". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013 . Retrieved 5 March 2013.