The one you spread out on. This is a desk and studio size. It will go in a bag, but it is not pretending to be pocketable, and the trade is that you get a full page to think on. This one comes ruled at 7mm, on 80 sheets of 140gsm acid free paper heavy enough that a fountain pen will not push through to the other side. The Cinder cover reads as a soft cool grey, the colour of ash once the heat has gone out of it, which suits people who want the notebook to be furniture, not a statement.

Perfect for

JournallingMeeting notesLecture notesMorning pagesSpread out workStudio and desk

The colour: Cinder

What 7mm ruling actually gives you

Seven millimetres is the classic wide-ish rule. It is generous enough that adult handwriting does not feel cramped and tight enough that you are not wasting half the page on air. If you write with a broad nib, a brush pen or anything with a bit of swagger to it, this is the spacing that stops your ascenders and descenders colliding.

Ruled is the straightforward choice for prose. If most of what goes in the book will be sentences, lines keep it tidy without you having to think about it. At 21 x 30cm you get a diagram and its notes side by side, which is the part people forget to think about until they are living with the book.

What you are actually getting

Questions about the ruled Cinder notebook in 21 x 30cm