Sakura Ruled Hard Cover Notebook A4 21x30cm Deep Indigo

This is the Deep Indigo one, 21 x 30cm, effectively A4, ruled at 7mm. 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. The cover reads as a dark blue that reads almost black until light hits it, and behind it sit 80 sheets of 140gsm acid free paper that will take a fountain pen without complaining. The one you spread out on, in a colour picked for people who want the discipline of a black notebook with a pulse in it.

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Cream paper is not a cost saving, it is deliberate. Slightly warm stock cuts the glare under shop and office lighting and makes long sessions easier on the eyes than bright white.

Perfect for

JournallingMeeting notesLecture notesMorning pagesFull page thinkingSpread out work

The colour: Deep Indigo

Indigo is the dye behind Japanese workwear, noren curtains and every pair of jeans you own. Traditional Japanese colour naming calls this depth ai-iro, and it is the shade that deepens rather than fades with use.

Traditional Japanese colour name: ai-iro (藍色)

What 7mm ruling actually gives you

Plenty of notebooks rule at 6mm, which is why handwriting ends up looking squashed in them. Seven gives it room to breathe without turning the page into mostly empty space, and it is the spacing that suits an italic nib or a brush pen rather than fighting one.

Reach for ruling when you are writing rather than drawing. Daily pages, interview notes, study notes, long form thinking, anything that runs top to bottom. 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

Paper

80 sheets, 160 sides, 140gsm acid free and FSC certified, in a slightly cream white that cuts glare

Ruling

7mm ruled lines, printed edge to edge with no pre-printed margin

Cover

hard cover in Deep Indigo, with rounded corners that will not fray in a bag

Fittings

elastic closure band, bound-in bookmark ribbon and an expandable pocket in the back for loose notes

Questions about the ruled Deep Indigo notebook in 21 x 30cm

Can I still sketch in a ruled notebook?

You can, and plenty of people do, but if drawing is more than an occasional thing the dot grid version is the better buy. Lines are hard to ignore behind a drawing in a way that dots are not.

Are the lines dark or faint?

Light enough to sit behind your handwriting rather than compete with it. You notice them while you are writing and stop seeing them when you read the page back.

Will it fit an A4 folder or sleeve?

Yes. At 21 x 30cm against a true A4 of 21 x 29.7cm it sits in standard A4 storage, so it files alongside printed pages without overhanging.

What is in the back pocket for?

It is an expandable gusseted pocket bound into the inside back cover, meant for loose notes. In practice people use it for receipts, business cards, postcards, swatch cards and the scraps of paper they would otherwise lose.

Is the paper environmentally certified?

Yes. Sakura specifies FSC certified paper, which means the pulp is traceable to responsibly managed forests, and the sheets are acid free so they will not yellow and go brittle with age.

Is this stock held in Australia?

Yes. Art Shed holds this range in Australia and ships it Australia wide, so there is no overseas transit and no international shipping to pay. Our Melbourne store is in Moorabbin and our Brisbane store is in West End if you prefer to buy in person.

(NU94146805)

SKU	NU94146805
Barcode #	8712079544294
Brand	Sakura
Shipping Weight	0.9000kg
Shipping Width	0.050m
Shipping Height	0.050m
Shipping Length	0.050m