Invention of ink cartridges made a substantial change in the use and popularity of fountain pens, both in schools and in business. Making ink truly portable constituted a considerable saving in time as the pace of American and European society began to quicken after the Second World War.
Originally made of glass, ink cartridges only partly addressed the issue of portability and the worst aspect of fountain-pen use, which was its messiness. Sadly, glass cartridges could break or leak, whether inside a pen dropped on a hard surface or held in reserve in a jacket pocket or briefcase. Postwar experiments with plastic resolved this issue with far greater reliability.
Cartridges produced great savings of time: in classrooms, laundry-rooms, and business offices, freeing all pen users from the annoying tie to a bottle of ink.
Cartridges also enabled fountain pen manufacturers to compete more equally with a new postwar invention: the ballpoint pen. Although fountain pen use has waned, those who still value traditional writing practices regard the ink cartridge as a practical way to continue using a fountain pen.
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