Slavoljub Penkala, an engineer and inventor of Polish-Dutch desecent became renowned for development of the first solid-ink fountain pen in 1907. With collaborator Edmund Moster he started the Penkala-Moster Company and built what was the biggest pen and pencil factory in the world at that time. The company now called TOZ-Penkala still exists today.
Yukio Horie of the Tokyo Stationery Company in Japan invented the fiber or felt-tipped pen. The Papermate Flair was one of the first felt-tipped pens to hit the US market in the 1960s and has been the leader every since. Marker pens and highlighters, both very similar to felt pens have become extremely popular.
In the 1970s, the rollerball pen was introduced. It uses a mobile ball and liquid ink to produce a smoother line. Technological advances achieved during the late 1980s and early 1990s have improved the roller ball's overall performance. Rollerballs usually use a water based ink similar to a fountain pen and provide a writing experience somewhere between that of a ballpoint and fountain pen.
With the invention of the typewriter and computer with keyboard the input method have changed how users write. However, the pen has not been entirely replaced. Pens sales of all types are still solid and higher end pens including types such as fountain pens are considered a status symbol.
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