Re: Highlighter Evaluation Criteria

Sanford Liquid Accent Highlighters are the best highlighters on the market. The best highlighters exhibit the following qualities: (1) a visible ink reservoir, indicating the level of remaining ink; (2) a chiseled tip offering thin and broad strokes; (3) bright and distinct colors.

The Sanford Liquid Accent Features a “Visible Ink Supply”

The ability to clearly see the amount of ink remaining in your highlighter is a critical feature to prevent accidentally running out of ink during critical periods of book briefing. Prior attempts at utilizing highlighters without this feature have resulted in disappointing results, with ink supplies running low during critical book briefing in Cases and Materials on Torts. The inability to adequately predict the amount of ink remaining in inferior highlighters, such as the Sanford Accent RT or the Sanford Pocket Accent have directly resulted in missed dicta.

Other brands of highlighters, such as the Bic Z4 Bright Liner or the Pilot Spotlighter Supreme also feature a visible ink reservoir. However, the Bic Z4 Bright Liner and Pilot Spolighter do not feature a 360 degree viewing angle of the reservoir, resulting in period when the ink supply is obscured from view when held in a typical position for highlighting. The Sanford Liquid Accent avoids this problem with the ink supply clearly featured in a 360 degree view.

The Sanford Liquid Accent Features a “Micro Chisel Tip”
To achieve maximum versatility, a highlighter must be able to provide a thin stroke, for underlining passages or writing brief notes, while at the same time be able to produce a broad stroke for more traditional text highlighting. This feature is nearly universal on highlighters today, from the Spotlighter to the Bright Liner to the Accent Inspire.
However, the Micro Chisel tip of the Liquid Accent Highlighter can be distinguished from the “Unique Chisel Point” of the Spotlighter and the “Fine Chisel Tip” of the Bright Liner. The Liquid Accent Micro Chisel Tip (emphasis added) consists of a finer point than the “Fine Chisel Tip” of the Bright Liner, which allows for a finer line and greater readability of text written with the finest point of the tip of the highlighter. In addition to a lack of uniqueness, the Spotlighter fails to be either a “fine” or a “micro” chisel, resulting in inferior results when underlining or writing text.

The Sanford Liquid Accent Offers the Greatest Array of Bright and Distinct Colors
Advocates of highlighting methodology stress the importance of multiple color systems. Typical systems may employ one color for facts, one for holdings and one for procedural elements. Building on that, we can add a color for dicta, one for arguments by the defendant and another for arguments by the plaintiff. If we continue, and add one last color for items highlighted in a dissenting opinion, we are left with the need for no fewer than eight distinct colors.

Only the Sanford Liquid Accent highlighter can provide enough bright and distinct colors. The Bic Z4 Bright Liner offers only five colors: yellow, pink, orange, green and blue. The Pilot Spotlighter Supreme offers six: yellow, pink, blue, purple, green and orange. However, the Liquid Accent offers ten distinct colors: yellow, green, blue, pink, orange, indigo, purple, berry, red, and coral. This wide array of color offerings allows for a diversity of outlining systems.

Conclusion
The Sanford Liquid Accent Highlighter meets the required elements for the best highlighters. With a visible ink reservoir and a micro chiseled tip available in an array of ten colors, the Sanford Liquid Accent Highlighter is one of the best highlighters available to law students today.

Tomorrow, the author, who has clearly lost his mind and will do literally anything to avoid re-writing his first memo assignment will address the issue posed by his wife, “Do you like this chicken?” using the Neumann Paradigm.