I recently bought two journals to use as commonplace books. Once home and eager to use the latest additions I found that the #ink from my fountain pen bleeds straight through to the other side of the page with both journals. To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement.
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@bibliolater for ink, a higher quality paper will be required. <https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/blog/2021/3/10/hierarchies-of-fountain-pen-friendly-paper> @writing
@peterrenshaw @writing Yes, I agree. I thought the journals that I had bought would have been to sufficient quality. I was wrong. Thank you for the link to the #article.
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Jet Pens is an excellent resource for info on papers and inks.
https://www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Best-Journals/pt/566
@ridetheory @peterrenshaw @writing Thank you for the link.
@bibliolater it’s a bit of, ‘suck & see’ to get the balance of cost, portability, stability and availability. I probably would have used what I have. Turns out it might be adequate. That being s function of me being picky with dimensionally stable materials.
Q What did writers of say 1800s use to write on? @writing