pen tip
Ink delivery end
The pen tip is the point of a pen that touches the writing surface and deposits ink.
Different tips produce different line qualities—fine tips for precise work, broad tips for bold strokes.
The pen tip scratched across the paper.
Fountain pen enthusiasts debate nib shapes; ballpoint users rarely think about tips until one clogs or wears out.
- nibPen's writing tip
- fine pointMinute distinction or detail
- inkWriting fluid
- ballpointPen with rotating sphere
- ball pointPen using rolling sphere
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- pointed thingsspike, needle point, knife point, spear point, arrow
- tips & topsapex, peak, pinnacle, summit, top
- stylusesstylus, Apple Pencil, nib, nibs, fine point