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These pens were made of metal with a black satin finish. They retracted by twisting the barrel. Near the clip, they featured an Apple logo and the words Education Community in metallic gold. The logotype was printed in Apple’s San Francisco corporate font, used since 2015.
The end of the pen featured a black stylus tip that can be used to tap or write on a touchscreen such as an iPad or iPhone.
The weight of the pen conveyed a feeling of quality, and it measured approximately 5.75 inches long.
This retractable black plastic pen has a white accent under the clip, a white Apple logo, and is printed with the URL www.apple.com/education in the Apple Myriad font (Apple’s corporate font from approximately 2003–2017).
The pen is made by BIC and measures approximately 5.75 inches long.
Source: Wikipedia
These retractable pens are primarily silver with a black Apple logo. They are available in five different grip and accent colors, including gray, purple, green, red, and blue. Each grip color has a matching transparent accent.
The pens are in their original packaging and each measures approximately 5.5 inches long.
This translucent gray pen is reminiscent of Apple’s “graphite” color first used in the iMac DV SE in Summer 2000. It features a white Apple logo at the top of the barrel.
The pen has silver aluminum accents and features a clip.
Source: Apple History
This pen is primarily yellow with purple, green, and red accents. The pen is printed with a black Apple logotype in the font Apple Garamond, Apple’s corporate font at the time.
(My collection includes the same pen, but printed with Apple Educator Advantage Program contact information.)
This pen is primarily yellow with purple, green, and red accents. The pen is printed in black in the Apple Garamond font, Apple’s corporate font at the time. The printing includes a black Apple logo, a black Apple logotype, and contact information for the Apple Educator Advantage Individual Purchase Program.
The Apple Educator Advantage Individual Purchase Program was a no-interest loan program offered by Apple for school staff in approximately the late 1990s–2000s. The program was executed by individual school districts as a payroll deduction for employees who were interested. Two of the school districts in which I served offered a version of this program.
(My collection includes the same pen, but printed with just a black Apple logotype.)
This pen is made by Bic and features a translucent plastic barrel and red accents. The pen is printed with a multicolor Apple logotype printed in Apple Garamond, Apple’s corporate font of the time.
The pen uses all the colors of the original 6-color Apple logo except yellow.
This pen features a gold-printed Apple logo and the Apple logotype printed in the Apple Garamond font, Apple’s corporate font of the time. The pen is accented in gold.
My collection includes a similar pen with the FileMaker logo. FileMaker is now known as Claris, an Apple company.
Sources: Claris
This uniquely designed pen has a dark-gray spring barrel with white plastic accents. The clip is printed with a black Apple logo.
I have another pen in my collection of the same style, but it has a blue Claris logo printed on the clip. Claris is a software company owned by Apple.
This set of neon-colored Bic pens have black caps and are printed with a black Apple logotype in Apple Garamond, Apple’s corporate font at the time.
The three neon colors include purple, green, and pink.
UPDATE: After I posted this originally, I discovered an eBay listing for Apple “color changing pens” that looked just like these. I tested them by grasping them for a few minutes, and found that they are, indeed, color changing with heat! I’m not sure if the effect has faded with age, but each of the three colors still fade. The last three photos show the effect.
