India ink is more like paint than normal fountain pen ink. It is prized by composers and arrangers for writing music, by artists for sketching and drawing, and by architects and engineers for ruling lines because it dries quickly to a rich opaque and permanent black. The principal ingredients in India ink are carbon black, shellac and denatured alcohol. Once dry, India ink is very, very difficult to remove or redissolve, even in alcohol. The fact that it does not readily redissolve is the reason that India ink cannot be used in normal fountain pens.
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