Highlighter Pens: Now Mark All The Important Things In Bright Colours

Highlighter pens are one of the best tools for examination preparation. Filled with transparent fluorescent ink, they are used for marking and/or highlighting important information on paper. Over time, many stylish highlighters, with interesting shades of inks, have surfaced, thanks to their popularity and massive usage. Get ready to highlight your notes with highlighters from these top brands!

Classy Highlighter Pens 

1. Cello Highlighter- Pack of 5

This set of highlighters comes with a flat body and a chisel tip. The fluorescent ink used is water-based for high visibility and is washable. It can also be used on photocopies, faxes, carbonless forms, and computer print-outs.

2. Amazon Basics Highlighter- Pack of 12

This pack contains 12 pen-shaped highlighter pens with narrow barrels, designed especially to reduce hand fatigue. The molded chisel tip offers both broad highlighting and fine underlining. Built-in clip can be attached easily to a pocket or book for portability.

 3. Stabilo Boss Original Pastel Highlighters- Pack of 6

This pack of pastel highlighters comes with wedged tips and is suitable for highlighting broad lines of width between 2mm and 5mm. The ink is water-based and has been made in line with Stabilo's anti-smudge ink technology. Get this pack if you aren't a big fan of bright fluorescent highlighters and prefer subtle shades instead.

4. Staedtler Classic Highlighters- Pack of 10

This set of 10 Germany-based highlighters comes with the regular rectangular body with a comfortable grip. A large reservoir of water-based ink helps in an extra-long highlighting performance. The chisel tip is approximately 1.5mm and is extra soft.

5. ColourHide My Designer Highlighter – Set of 4

These designer highlighters come straight from the land of waters, Malaysia. The ergonomic design allows to secure the cap on to the back of highlighter and ensures a comfortable grip. The chiselled tip can be used for highlighting lines of 0.75mm, 2.5mm, as well as, 5mm.

Things to consider before buying highlighters

1. Text Smears: Some highlighters begin smearing on coming in contact with other writing media such as fountain pen ink, gel pen ink, and inkjet printing. It is advised to check the highlighter on a smaller text before.

2. Tip features: While most of the highlighters come with chisel tips for highlighting a single line, some have extra broad or fine bullet tips. Choose as per your requirement.

3. Colours: Though highlighters primarily come in fluorescent colours, several subtle hues too are available in the market to choose from.

4. Drying time: Highlighter pens with wet formulations take longer to dry. However, they often allow single unbroken strokes.

5. Material composition: Highlighter pens may either use liquid ink, a gel stick or resemble a pencil. Liquid ink ones may bleed through the paper; do not use them on a very thin surface. On the other hand, the ones with gel sticks don't bleed through, but may leave gel crumbs. Similarly, the pencil highlighters neither bleed through nor leave crumbs. They, however, need to be put over and over again to colour the text completely.