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* Pilot Gold/Silver Markers. They are the type that you have to occasionally have to shake. If you break the design up into many layers you can use these pens, it is just a matter of making sure you don't move the pen arm when taking the pen out and shaking it and putting it back in. The smaller the amount you have to fill in the better the results. The extra fine point is between a fine point and medium in the sharpie. They dry relatively fast as well, not quite as fast the Identipen, but pretty close. Available at [http://amzn.com/B0058NNA74 Amazon].
 
* Pilot Gold/Silver Markers. They are the type that you have to occasionally have to shake. If you break the design up into many layers you can use these pens, it is just a matter of making sure you don't move the pen arm when taking the pen out and shaking it and putting it back in. The smaller the amount you have to fill in the better the results. The extra fine point is between a fine point and medium in the sharpie. They dry relatively fast as well, not quite as fast the Identipen, but pretty close. Available at [http://amzn.com/B0058NNA74 Amazon].
 
* Uni-Ball Signo Broad Point Gel Impact Pen White Ink.  These are ball-point, and have a claimed 1.0 mm tip.  They work surprisingly well at least on eggs, so perhaps on other textured surfaces.  They need to be primed just immediately before use, a fingertip is even better than a piece of paper.  Once they get going they work pretty well, putting down a viscous, opaque, not-too-wide, not-very-many-skips line.  They are far from instant drying.  Available at [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KK6X7CW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 amazon].
 
* Uni-Ball Signo Broad Point Gel Impact Pen White Ink.  These are ball-point, and have a claimed 1.0 mm tip.  They work surprisingly well at least on eggs, so perhaps on other textured surfaces.  They need to be primed just immediately before use, a fingertip is even better than a piece of paper.  Once they get going they work pretty well, putting down a viscous, opaque, not-too-wide, not-very-many-skips line.  They are far from instant drying.  Available at [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KK6X7CW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 amazon].
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* Stabilo "point 88" series have a very fine tip, measuring 0.3 mm diameter as printed on an egg.  See a width test comparing Sharpie ultra fine, Copic Multiliner, and Stabilo point 88 [http://i.imgur.com/lbQXwk3.jpg here].  Stabilo has similar line quality to the Copic Multiliner SP 0.2, i.e. the line is not as uniform nor as opaque as Sharpies.  If you are looking for an inexpensive (30 pens for about $16) pen with a very narrow line width, the [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ATBRJRC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Stabilo "point 88"] is hard to beat.
  
 
= Food safe markers and pens =
 
= Food safe markers and pens =
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=Less-than-ideal markers and pens =
 
=Less-than-ideal markers and pens =
 
* [https://www.amazon.com/Color-Markers-Set-Completely-Washable/dp/B01G7JPHIM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470630101&sr=8-1&keywords=120+markers 120 Markers] on first look appears quite desirable.  The set has a myriad of color choices, and is extremely inexpensive.  However, the colors have been found to diffuse into egg shells over a period of hours, softening or smearing the inked lines.  The diffusion appears to be color selective, such that initially-black lines may even end up appearing blue.  The inks are water-based, and take rather a longish time to dry.  They could nonetheless be useful as fill colors, since diffusion from the edges may be masked by an outline.  Here is an [http://i.imgur.com/0mHUd1h.png image] comparing 120 Markers and Sharpie ultra fine markers on eggs.  On matte-finish silver tree ornaments, this ink gives very washed-out results.  Could be useful if you want a kind of pastel appearance, but definitely not vivid in the way that Sharpies are.
 
* [https://www.amazon.com/Color-Markers-Set-Completely-Washable/dp/B01G7JPHIM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470630101&sr=8-1&keywords=120+markers 120 Markers] on first look appears quite desirable.  The set has a myriad of color choices, and is extremely inexpensive.  However, the colors have been found to diffuse into egg shells over a period of hours, softening or smearing the inked lines.  The diffusion appears to be color selective, such that initially-black lines may even end up appearing blue.  The inks are water-based, and take rather a longish time to dry.  They could nonetheless be useful as fill colors, since diffusion from the edges may be masked by an outline.  Here is an [http://i.imgur.com/0mHUd1h.png image] comparing 120 Markers and Sharpie ultra fine markers on eggs.  On matte-finish silver tree ornaments, this ink gives very washed-out results.  Could be useful if you want a kind of pastel appearance, but definitely not vivid in the way that Sharpies are.
 
* Stabilo "point 88" series have a very fine tip, measuring 0.3 mm diameter as printed on an egg.  See a width test comparing Sharpie ultra fine, Copic Multiliner, and Stabilo point 88 [http://i.imgur.com/lbQXwk3.jpg here].  Stabilo has similar line quality to the Copic Multiliner SP 0.2, i.e. the line is not as uniform nor as opaque as Sharpies.  If you are looking for an inexpensive (30 pens for about $16) pen with a very narrow line width, the [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ATBRJRC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Stabilo "point 88"] is hard to beat.  However, since this is a water-based ink, it is not recommended for plots where multiple colors touch each other.
 
  
 
* Uni-ball Signo Angelic UM-120AC Gel Ink Pen 0.7mm might look worth a try, but in fact they skip terribly on eggs (though they are terrific on paper).
 
* Uni-ball Signo Angelic UM-120AC Gel Ink Pen 0.7mm might look worth a try, but in fact they skip terribly on eggs (though they are terrific on paper).

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