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Mallow Red
Standardgraph is one of the 713 brands in Inktend's built-in ink catalog.
Paper & pairing
Reds and pinks show the most dramatic shading of any color family: expect real variation between the edges and center of each letter. This ink will behave predictably on most fountain-pen-friendly paper. Cheap, highly absorbent paper (standard copier paper) will dull any ink's saturation and can cause feathering or bleed-through with wetter nibs.
About Standardgraph
Standardgraph Zeichentechnik is a German drafting and technical drawing company based in Geretsried, Bavaria, whose roots go back to the early 20th-century 'Normograph' lettering stencils. It manufactures symbol and lettering stencils, rulers, technical pens, calligraphy supplies, and a line of bottled inks, and contributed historically to the German DIN standard lettering fonts. Since 2025 its worldwide distribution has been handled by Schneider Novus Vertriebs GmbH.
Storing and using the bottle
Bottled fountain pen ink has an effectively long shelf life when kept capped and out of direct sunlight: most inks remain usable for years. The main risk isn't the ink spoiling, it's a pen sitting inked and unused for weeks: that's what causes clogs, not the ink's age.
Frequently asked questions
Similar shades By colour distance
Color shown is a close digital approximation of a typical swatch, not a calibrated color match.