Kopik

Perpendicular

THE NOMINAL SIZE OF LETTERING IS DEFINED BY THE HEIGHT

Vertical Strokes

EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON THE OVERALL BEAUTY OF A WORD

“All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?” – Banksy

A marker pen, fineliner, marking pen, felt-tip pen, flow marker, vivid (in New Zealand), texta (in Australia), sketch pen (in South Asia) or koki (in South Africa), is a pen which has its own ink source and a tip made of porous, pressed fibers such as felt. A permanent marker consists of a container (glass, aluminum or plastic) and a core of an absorbent material. This filling serves as a carrier for the ink. The upper part of the marker contains the nib that was made in earlier times of a hard felt material, and a cap to prevent the marker from drying out. Until the early 1990s, the most common solvents that were used for the ink were toluene and xylene.