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Fountain pen

Fountain pen Emoji

Objects

A classic fountain pen nib, typically shown in a metallic gold or silver finish, pointed downward as if ready to touch paper. It captures the traditional elegance of dip pens and ink-fed writing instruments.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to discuss professional writing, literature, calligraphy, or signing important documents. It pairs well with 📝 to denote drafting a message or ✍️ to represent the act of hand-writing letters.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the fountain pen emerged as digital communication began to distance itself from physical stationery. It serves as a nod to the legacy of ink-and-nib tools that defined human communication long before the era of word processors.

Details

Glyph
🖋
Unicode
U+1F58B
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f58b:
HTML Entity
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory writing
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
fountainpenobjectswritingcalligraphyinksignaturestationerynibauthordocument

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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