STATIONERY

Stationery is the equipment used to write or carve or shape marks on a surface. These tools are typically used by hand and contains a pigment for coloring the surface. Commonly used surface is non-porous surface to absorb pigmendiantaranya is the type of paper, plastic, glass, leather, wood and others.

Type stationery

Stationery consists of various types, but the most common types are pencils, pens, pens, markers, and chalk.

Pencil

Pencil usually designation stationery containing graphite as a pigment. Graphite wrapped by wood, but at this time wrapping graphite can be kind of hard paper or flexible rubber. In addition, the current widely used mechanical pencil. Mechanical pencil is a writing instrument has a mechanical device inside to set spending graphite and graphite can be recharged.

Pen

Originally formed from goose feathers at the cut edges and tapered section before writing must first be dipped in ink. Modern pen is no longer made of goose feathers, but can be made of plastic, stainless steel, brass with a pointed tip and has a storage area ink cartridge so that you no longer need immersion into the ink. Several types of pens today can be a tool to show the owner's social class. Precious pen is often only used to sign.

Ballpoint

Is the development of the pen, but has a rounded tip of a ball that allows you to adjust the ink expenses. Ballpoint is more often used for everyday writing.

Markers

Stationery which has a soft tip to write. Markers is more often used for special purposes or drawing. Has a special ink containing alcohol stored in a kind of foam that can evaporate when exposed to air continuously.

Chalk

Chalk is a kind of stationery that is written on a blackboard media (black board) are placed on the wall, commonly used in school or office administration.

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