felt-tip

Long overshadowed by its ballpoint, gel and felt-tip rivals, the regal fountain pen, which has an internal reservoir for refillable ink, has enjoyed a modest resurgence in recent years.

Handwritten in felt-tip pen on yellow legal-style pads, “this was a great early version, this working out of ideas right on the page,” he recalled on the witness stand Friday.

He got a felt-tip pen, went to his mirror, and put a dot in the middle of his right earlobe.

“For Uman,” he scrawled on the side of the projectile with a felt-tip marker.

“There’s a wonderful pen called a Tradio. It’s a felt-tip fiber fountain pain, refillable,” Miller said, pulling a dark-green specimen from the counter.