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A STORY BEHIND THIS PRODUCT

More than 40 years ago whilst watching Autumn leaves turning red, a researcher thought ‘I want to create this magic in my lab.’ This is the beginning of the well known erasable Frixion Ink. However, the path to achieve this researcher’s dream was longer than anybody could have thought, taking almost 30 years until it finally shaped into an actual product. Having had so many mistakes and errors, Frixion was finally created in 2005. To begin with, the ink ‘that changes its colour’ was not invented for the purpose of creating a new ball point pen. In 1975, the researchers successfully invented Metamo ink which changes colour under different temperatures. A year after obtaining a patent, they created a paper cup ‘Magic Cup’ using this technology for the design element. In 1984, this technology was utilised in printing tickets for the Los Angeles Olympics, in order to prevent fake ticket production. In 2002, the ‘magic pen that changes colour by rubbing' was created. After some improvement, the well-known Frixion finally launched its series in 2005.

The secret story of ‘Frixion Ink’

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This highlighter is an answer to the customer feedback who have said that they can’t see what is important when they highlighted too much.

With the Frixion Light Soft highlighters you can highlight important text, making it stand out as it should, but without the page looking horrible afterwards.

 

The secret is the soft pastel colours of the highlighting ink. As the ink isn’t overly saturated, the highlighted text is easier to read.

The ink has the added innovation of erasing when subjected to heat. Use the eraser on the tip of the pen and the ink changes from colourful to completely transparent.

An erasable highlighter – you will never highlight too much.
© 2016 Japanese stationery created by Yumi A.
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