Typing is monochrome by design. One ribbon, one color, one weight of line — and that constraint is the whole reason we love typewriters. Planning is a different job entirely, and planning wants color.
This is Tombow’s nine-piece kit for the parts of the practice that happen before and after the draft: the task list, the sketchnote, the mind map, the week laid out across a two-page spread.
Inside you get four TwinTone dual-tip markers, with a fine tip on one end and an extra-fine on the other, in a water-based ink that will not bleed through most papers. Three MONO Edge highlighters, each with a broad chisel tip and a fine bullet tip, in a fast-drying ink that does not smear the writing underneath. A MONO Graph mechanical pencil with 0.5mm lead, a sturdy clip, and a shake-to-advance mechanism. And a Reporter 3 ballpoint carrying black, red and blue in one slim rubber-gripped barrel.
The colors are chosen to coordinate rather than compete, which sounds like a small thing right up until you have filled a spread with markers from four different sets. Made in Japan.
It is also the easiest gift on this shelf. Nine pieces, one box, and every one of them gets used.
• 9 pieces, made in Japan
• 4 × TwinTone dual-tip markers — fine and extra-fine tips, water-based, resists bleed-through
• 3 × MONO Edge highlighters — chisel and bullet tips, fast-drying, smear-resistant
• 1 × MONO Graph mechanical pencil — 0.5mm lead, shake to advance, textured grip
• 1 × Reporter 3 ballpoint — black, red and blue in one pen
• Coordinated color palette across markers and highlighters
• Good for task journaling, sketchnoting, mind mapping, and visual notetaking
Typing is monochrome by design. One ribbon, one color, one weight of line — and that constraint is the whole reason we love typewriters. Planning is a different job entirely, and planning wants color.
This is Tombow’s nine-piece kit for the parts of the practice that happen before and after the draft: the task list, the sketchnote, the mind map, the week laid out across a two-page spread.
Inside you get four TwinTone dual-tip markers, with a fine tip on one end and an extra-fine on the other, in a water-based ink that will not bleed through most papers. Three MONO Edge highlighters, each with a broad chisel tip and a fine bullet tip, in a fast-drying ink that does not smear the writing underneath. A MONO Graph mechanical pencil with 0.5mm lead, a sturdy clip, and a shake-to-advance mechanism. And a Reporter 3 ballpoint carrying black, red and blue in one slim rubber-gripped barrel.
The colors are chosen to coordinate rather than compete, which sounds like a small thing right up until you have filled a spread with markers from four different sets. Made in Japan.
It is also the easiest gift on this shelf. Nine pieces, one box, and every one of them gets used.
• 9 pieces, made in Japan
• 4 × TwinTone dual-tip markers — fine and extra-fine tips, water-based, resists bleed-through
• 3 × MONO Edge highlighters — chisel and bullet tips, fast-drying, smear-resistant
• 1 × MONO Graph mechanical pencil — 0.5mm lead, shake to advance, textured grip
• 1 × Reporter 3 ballpoint — black, red and blue in one pen
• Coordinated color palette across markers and highlighters
• Good for task journaling, sketchnoting, mind mapping, and visual notetaking
