László Bíró, a Hungarian newspaper editor frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted re-filling fountain pens and cleaning smudged pages, noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge free.
László Bíró, a Hungarian newspaper editor, was frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted in filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages, and the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper. Bíró had noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge free.