(Jeff Abbott is a regular contributor at The Pen Addict. You can find more from Jeff online at Draft Evolution and Twitter.)
These days, highlighters aren't essential to my workflows or journaling practice, but they're still fun to play with. I've always enjoyed adding a bright pop of color to printed or written notes, though I'm not sure the extra color actually aids in studying later. Either way, I think the more colors you have available for highlighting, the better. With the Faber-Castell Textliner 38 6-pack, you get plenty of options to differentiate your callouts.
The Textliner 38 is a slim body highlighter that features ultra fluorescent ink colors. The slim body is easy to handle and control when marking over text, and you also have the option of two different line widths due to the chisel tip. With the 6-pack, you get yellow, red, purple, pink, green, and blue color options, and they're all appropriately loud hues.
The chisel tips on these highlighters work really well. The broad side is about 4mm wide and the narrow side is just 1.5mm. Both sides are really sharp and lay down crisp lines.
The colors of each marker are fantastic, but I'm a little bummed with how dark the purple is on paper. I'd like it to be just a little lighter, but it's still perfectly usable as-is.
I haven't had any trouble with ink smearing under the highlighter with printed out pages, but some fountain pen inks or rollerball inks smear and feather a bit when using these highlighters over them. It's not a drastic amount of smear, but it's worth noting. If you only plan on using these highlighters in textbooks and printed notes, you should be fine.
Another thing I like about these highlighters is the shape. The slim shape is similar to a large bodied fountain pen, so it fits easily into sleeves, pouches, pockets, and cases designed for regular pens. There are plenty of highlighters out there that have a non-standard shape, and those can be problematic to store and carry. These highlighters don't share that problem, and they also have a handy pocket clip in case you need to attach them to something.
These Faber-Castell Textliner 38 highlighters work great, and I'd recommend them to anyone that needs a variety of colors for highlighting notes, textbooks, or their own handwritten notes or plans. Six colors is a great variety, but you can also buy an 8-pack for around $10 (Amazon affiliate link) that includes an extra yellow highlighter plus a nice orange one as well!
(Faber Castell Maylasia provided this product at no charge to The Pen Addict for review purposes.)
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