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If you want to write with a permanent ink today that would still be there after a few hundred years, what would be your best choice?
by atemerev 2y ago
If you want to write with a permanent ink today that would still be there after a few hundred years, what would be your best choice?
- itronitron 2y agoNoodler's Ink describes the durability of their inks in some detail. https://noodlersink.com/about-us/noodlers-durable-ink-classification/ https://noodlersink.com/about-us/noodlers-durable-ink-classi...
- namibj 2y agoWhat they call Dokumentenecht in Germany should be suitable; it's made so that even with technical intervention you can't feasibly bleach it without destroying the paper in the process.
- _Wintermute 2y agoFrom the fountain pen side, Carbon pigmented inks seem to survive anything you can do without destroying the paper itself. I use Platinum Carbon Black in my lab notebooks.
- sevensor 2y agoI've only recently started using Platinum Carbon Black, and I'm quite happy with it. Addresses the one major concern I've always had with fountain pens, which is how illegible everything becomes when exposed to liquid. Not that that's stopped me using fountain pens, and not that it's been a huge problem in practice, but it's nice to have a durable ink.