If you’re shopping for pens but can’t afford to buy all the pens, then I’ve put together a comparison comparing the different ranges for each pen brand, if they’re prone to ghosting or smearing and my favorite range for each pen brand.

If you’d prefer a PDF version you download it here. Existing subscribers can login to the free printables library to download (here). 

Pen Comparison by Brand

Pen brands compared:

1. Pilot
2. Sakura
3. Staedtler
4. Zebra
5. Papermate
6. Stabilo
7. Marvy Japan
8. Tomow
9. Mitsubishi
10. TUL
11. Muji
12. Schneider
13. Bic
14. Faber-Castell
15. Sharpie
16. Ooly
17. Pentel
18. Parkoo

 

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