Higgins black India fountain pen ink is perfect for sketching, lettering, calligraphy and italic writing. This non-waterproof, free-flowing professional-grade ink creates beautiful reproduction quality work. It may be used with brushes, fountain pens and dip pens on paper, board and film and its medium drying time produces a matte sheen. Made in USA. Higgins' black eternal and India inks have been widely used around the world since 1880. Today, Higgins offers a wide range of pigment and dye based colors as well as specialty white and black inks.