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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@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.
@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
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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 @writing Having trained in analogue graphic reproduction technology, my medium of choice with ink was dimensionally stable polymer. Then say a 100gcm Canson.
The pressed papers with high rag cotton content don’t absorb the ink as quickly and sits closer to the surface. Thinner papers absorb the ink, leaving spidery patterns at the edge when drying as the ink follows the paper fibres.
As for pen/ink writing I was surprised my choice of notebook turns up. My choice is lead pencil. Pretty stable, not as stable as silver-point. I dabbled in this at one stage after viewing the Queens collection of Leonardo’s drawings. That however requires an even more specialised paper (finely ground bone, ash rabbit glue). An even more obscure paper 📝 <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverpoint>
@writing @bibliolater “No bleed-through or feathering with any fountain pen nib”
I see a page of #Clairefontaine is measured close to 100gcm. My #Moleskine isn’t. Hit and miss. You can feel the difference in your fingertips. Look closely and you can sed the paper grain.
@peterrenshaw @writing @bibliolater Moleskine are unfortunately extremely hit-or-miss. They don't use the same paper each time—even within the same range—so it's impossible to tell if it will be fp friendly or not, & generally it isn't. Weight also isn't a great indicator of whether it'll behave, as one of the highest regarded paper stocks for fp's is Tomoe River 52gsm.
@peterrenshaw Thank you for that article(s)! 🤩🙏
@bibliolater @writing So frustrating!
@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