Simply adding fountain pen ink to a ballpoint pen was not the solution, however. The ink itself needed to be rethought. László turned to his brother, Győrgy, a dentist who was also a talented ...

Initially, the pair sold third-party brands of fountain pens and ink online, and for a couple of years at a store in Pittsburgh that they called the Birmingham Pen Company — a nod to the city ...

The man behind Fountain Pen Memes said he believed the company was unaware of the ink’s immense popularity. On Wednesday, Lamy confirmed to The New York Times that the inks were slightly different.