If you keep a bullet journal or just like to decorate your planner, titles are one of the easiest ways to add extra interest to the page, especially if you prefer to plan using only a black pen.

Minimalist planner decorating: Titles

However, just because you use black pen, or don’t want to use stickers and washi tape etc. doesn’t mean your planner has to be plain and boring! Here are some of my favorite, simple title decorating ideas:

Patterns

Confetti / random dots
Stripes (horizontal, diagonal and vertical – equally spaced and randomly spaced)
Chevrons
Dashes
Scallops
Squares / checked
Triangles

Use the same pattern or different patterns for each letter.

Colors

One color for the entire word
Every 2nd letter in a different color
Every 3rd letter in a different color
Outline the letters in 1 color then use a different color/s to color in the letters
Different colors for each letter
Top half of the letters in 1 color, bottom half in another color
Add dots or lines to the ends of the letters

Other

Alternating between thick & thin pens
Drawing a bubble or circle around the letters
Uppercase and lowercase letters
Using the sakura gelly roll 08 (or any white pen) to draw dots or lines over the top of colored in letters (especially black!)
Faux calligraphy by adding weight (i.e. shading / make one side of the letter fatter than the other)
Add a shadow to the letters