Craft Design Technology Frixion Highlighter gray

The Craft Design Technology Frixion Highlighter in Gray combines Pilot's proven erasable Frixion ink with CDT's restrained design language. The muted gray highlights text without visually overloading the page – legible, calm, precise. The barrel features CDT's characteristic pale green, giving the pen its unmistakable Japanese character.

Special Features

• Erasable Thermo Ink: Frixion ink reacts to friction heat – the built-in eraser at the cap end generates exactly this heat, making the mark disappear cleanly without eraser crumbs or paper damage.
• Gray Instead of Neon: The muted gray tone highlights text passages without dominating the script. Ideal for layouts where color is distracting – non-fiction books, dense note pages, structured planners.
• Chisel Tip for Two Line Widths: The chisel-shaped tip enables broad strokes across entire lines of text and narrow, precise underlines along words – depending on the pen's angle.
• CDT Housing in Pale Green: The barrel follows CDT's design signature: a cool, matte pale green based on traditional Japanese color aesthetics, distinctly different from standard highlighter plastic.
• Not Document-Safe: Frixion ink is thermosensitive and therefore unsuitable for legally binding or archive-safe documents. The mark disappears at temperatures above approximately 60°C and reappears with strong cooling (approximately −10°C).

Application & Tips

• Planner Workflows: Gray is particularly suitable for visually "deactivating" completed entries – the text remains readable but appears secondary. On planners with permanent paper, the chisel tip glides without fraying.
• Annotation in Books: Those who annotate books and wish to correct marks later benefit from clean erasability. Frixion ink leaves no traces on smooth paper after erasing.
• Combination with Other Colors: Gray functions as a neutral complementary color alongside stronger marker colors – for example, to mark passages already processed while other colors mark open points.
• Mind Heat and Cold: Frixion ink becomes colorless when exposed to heat sources (sun, copier, hot car interior). Should the ink accidentally disappear, it can be restored by briefly freezing the sheet.
• Use Chisel Tip Precisely: The narrow edge of the chisel tip is sufficient for underlining in closely spaced text – easily applicable in A6 notebooks or small-format planners.

For Planner Enthusiasts

Gray is a rarity among highlighter colors: it reduces visually rather than emphasizes – and that's exactly what makes it interesting for structured planner systems. In bullet journal setups or structured weekly planners, gray can be used as a status signal: checked, discarded, postponed. Unlike striking through, the original text remains readable. The erasability of Frixion ink allows this status to be reversed at any time – without traces. The CDT housing fits aesthetically into setups that value a calm, consistent look.

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