Pens Are Making a High-Tech Comeback

Re:Pens Are Making a High-Tech Comeback by arh68 on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:33AM (#9849825)

Pens are very subjective, notebook paper is not. Thicker/heavier paper is almost always better. Moleskine paper is good, Rhodia paper (80gsm) is better, Clairefontaine paper (90gsm) is great. You can buy even heavier paper (67lb, 110lb, etc), but it usually doesn't come in notebooks.

Pens are all different: there are good gel pens (Sakura Gelly Roll, Pilot G2), good fountain pens (Lamy Safari, many many more), good art pens (Sakura Pigma Micron), good fine-point pens (Pentel Slicci, Uniball Signo Bit), and even good ballpoint pens (I like Skilcraft retractables, plus that 4-color Zebra pen). Some will bleed through on thin paper (especially fountain pens), so you lose 1/2 your notebook capacity. Not all pens/inks are waterproof (!).

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Re:Pens Are Making a High-Tech Comeback by keithpeter on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @08:16AM (#9851040)

UK specific comment possibly but: try a local art materials shop. Most will have A5 hard-backed sketchbooks with around 90 to 100 g/m^2 paper in with either white or ivory finish/colour for less than a fiver. Pretty ink proof and a lot cheaper than the branded ones.

I like pencil and Muji pens, the ones that are about £5 for a 6 pack.

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Re:Pens Are Making a High-Tech Comeback by garblegarble on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @08:56AM (#9851202)

It's also a good idea to try out paper first if you can. I bought a Rhodia notebook which has really nice paper compared to what I normally use, but discovered I don't really enjoy writing on the paper because it's so smooth (your mileage may vary, though - I enjoy having a slightly scratchy sound+resistance when writing)

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