Post #3655842
2026-07-07 17:03 UTC
Why was blue ink such a big thing in the--I don't know, '70s '80s '90s? Almost every pen you encountered anywhere during those years was a blue pen. Now, almost every pen is black. Was it a matter of the cost of ingredients? Fashion trend?
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@Seandar16@dice.camp 2026-07-07 18:50
@ZenHeathen@beige.party For things like signatures, it would be easier to tell a copy from a signature. I know attorneys who still only use blue to sign things. Not sure if it's related to what you mean, but there's a "non-photo" shade of blue that wouldn't really pick up on scanners. Artists could pencil sketch in the blue, then ink in black without the pencil really showing up in scans. I wonder if scantron works the same way. D&D maps used to use it as an anti-piracy thing too.