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:
- Pilot
- Sakura
- Staedtler
- Zebra
- Papermate
- Stabilo
- Marvy Japan
- Tomow
- Mitsubishi
- TUL
- Muji
- Schneider
- Bic
- Faber-Castell
- Sharpie
- Ooly
- Pentel
- Parkoo
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- 6 Ways to color code your planner to increase productivity
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