and the squeeze body lets you control ink flow by pressing gently — squeeze harder for more ink

and fine paint markers all flow cleanly without feathering or tip wear on the smooth surface

The coating keeps alcohol marker ink from soaking in immediately

quick design tests

Specifications Ink: water-based mixable dye ink

uni ball signo broad um 153 gel pen Posca Colors:Metallic Green and the squeeze body letsThe Signo Broad uses a 1. 0 mm tungsten carbide tip and a thick, water based gel ink built for full opacity it covers dark paper in one pass rather than the streaky, semi transparent result you get from most gel pens on black or dark cardstock. That makes it a different kind of tool than a standard gel pen: the metallic and solid white shades specifically are meant for writing or drawing directly onto black paper, where a regular pen would barely show