We have been looking for highlighting pencils at the Revolution, only to find out that Faber-Castell no longer makes their dry textliners. You can still find some on eBay, but that’s all you’re going to find as far as we can tell. Here they are in yellow and in pink.
Levenger used to sell something similar, but now all they have are these mechanical versions, which are nice but are not the wood we’re looking for.
On the other hand, Lyra is selling something very similar, pictured above. Here is the availability we can find for these, with the second site being in German. At Pen City. At Schulanfang.
If anyone knows of other wooden dry highlighters (especially if one can get them online), please let us know!
Are these, ahem, not just large pencil crayons? I have versions from Staedtler and Faber-Castell, sourced from the children’s section of the local art supply store.
The leads in these kinds of pencils are softer and smoother than children’s colored pencils, and the brightness matches marker-type highlighters, ahem.
I stand corrected.
I found this on the Faber Castell website:
“Dry markers look like colour pencils and are designed in the same way.
“However, the leads contain luminous pigments, thus ensuring a particularly strong emphasis of the highlighted text.”
Awesome, thanks! Any word if we can get them in the US?
I just found a box on ebay for $19.99. There are three available in yellow and they have a “Buy It Now.” The item number is 7543310472.
Highlighting *pencils*? I’ve never heard of such a thing…but now I want some! :-)
Are they erasable?
wow. i want some too. that would make this rhetoric thing much easier. the pages are just too thin for highlighting markers so i’ve been underlining in pencil… plus note-taking in marigins of books always seems much more fun in pencil:)
They’ve had things like this for highlighting in Bibles for years.
I always used crayola color pencils in college for highlighting my text books because I never liked how actual highlighters bled-thru to the other side.
Staedtler produces Dry Highlighter pencils in four flourescent colors — yellow, red, blue and green. The color will not penetrate pages and is smudge resistant. The pencil point will not dry out and is protected with a clear protective cap. I see them in most art stores I visit. They will be in stock at PencilThings.com about April 15th, 2006.
Ben, Thank you. That is precisely why I am looking for these hightligtin pencils, for by Bible. I had 2 which I loved and have found myself on a quest for a little while now and couldn’t locate them. I will definitely be checking out the hyperlink you provided. Thanks to all for your help :)
Levenger does have the wood pencils. They are called “Dry Line pencils” and come 3 to a box. one pink, one green, and one yellow.
The original Faber-Castell textliners are an amazing product, BUT …
Does anyone have suggestions for sharpening them?
They’re a thick pencil, that ships with a sharper angle so there is more wood to support the (more crumbly) lead in them. If you sharpen them in a hand or powered sharpener, you get a point that is too sharp leading to 1) a lot of point breaking and residue, and 2) a line that isn’t really a substitute for a big fat highlighting pen.