Writing instrument for displaying a touch dot pattern which can be detected in a tactile manner, - having in a position plane of a guiding device a lower plate having a number of position openings which are arranged in a matrix-like manner in an opening grid in columns and lines and in which tactile elements are located so as to be able to be removed, - having in a display plane which is vertically spaced apart from the position plane an upper plate having a number of touch openings, each of which is in alignment with a corresponding position opening of the lower plate, - having a writing head arrangement which is guided in a translational movement direction relative to the carrying and guiding device and which has a number of writing heads which corresponds to the number of lines or a fraction thereof and which convey tactile elements from the lower plate into the upper plate in accordance with the dot pattern which is intended to be displayed, and - having a partition plate which is arranged between the lower plate and the upper plate and which is also guided in a translational manner in relative terms and which has a first plate region which is permeable to the tactile elements and which has a number of recesses which corresponds to the number of lines of the opening grid of the openings (4, 10) and/or the number of writing heads or a fraction thereof and which has a second plate region which adjoins the first plate region in the movement direction and which is non-permeable to the tactile elements, - wherein a recess in the permeable first plate region is associated with each of the writing heads in such a manner that the recesses of the partition plate screen the transport channel between the corresponding openings (10, 4) of the lower and upper plates (9, 5) which are in alignment with each other. - having in a position plane of a guiding device a lower plate having a number of position openings which are arranged in a matrix-like manner in an opening grid in columns and lines and in which tactile elements are located so as to be able to be removed, - having in a display plane which is vertically spaced apart from the position plane an upper plate having a number of touch openings, each of which is in alignment with a corresponding position opening of the lower plate, - having a writing head arrangement which is guided in a translational movement direction relative to the carrying and guiding device and which has a number of writing heads which corresponds to the number of lines or a fraction thereof and which convey tactile elements from the lower plate into the upper plate in accordance with the dot pattern which is intended to be displayed, and - having a partition plate which is arranged between the lower plate and the upper plate and which is also guided in a translational manner in relative terms and which has a first plate region which is permeable to the tactile elements and which has a number of recesses which corresponds to the number of lines of the opening grid of the openings (4, 10) and/or the number of writing heads or a fraction thereof and which has a second plate region which adjoins the first plate region in the movement direction and which is non-permeable to the tactile elements, - wherein a recess in the permeable first plate region is associated with each of the writing heads in such a manner that the recesses of the partition plate screen the transport channel between the corresponding openings (10, 4) of the lower and upper plates (9, 5) which are in alignment with each other.