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 Mulberry cover reads as a deep red purple, the colour of the ripe fruit rather than the leaf, which suits anyone who wants something richer than burgundy without tipping into pink.

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Fountain pen people: 140gsm is the number that matters here. Most notebook paper is 70 to 90gsm, which is why your ink ghosts through. At 140 you get to use both sides of the sheet.

Perfect for

DraftingLists and planningLanguage studyHandwriting practiceSpread out workStudio and desk

The colour: Mulberry

Mulberry is one of the oldest dye plants in Asia, grown as much for silkworms as for the fruit, and the ripe berries stain everything they touch a dense red purple. It is a serious colour that still has some blood in it.

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

Paper

80 sheets of 140gsm, acid free so it will not yellow, FSC certified, and cream toned for easier reading under artificial light

Ruling

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

Cover

rigid Mulberry hard cover with rounded corners, which is what keeps it tidy after months of being pushed in and out of a bag

Fittings

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

Questions about the ruled Mulberry notebook in 21 x 30cm

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.

How wide is the ruling?

Seven millimetres between lines, which is the classic wide-ish rule. Comfortable for adult handwriting, and enough clearance for a broad nib or a brush pen without letters from neighbouring lines tangling.

Is A4 too big to carry around?

It is a desk and studio size first. It will go in a bag flat, but if you want something to carry all day the 13 x 21cm is the better call. What you buy A4 for is the room to think on one page.

Can I use both sides of every page?

That is the point of the 140gsm stock. With gel pens, fineliners, ballpoints and most fountain pens you will see minimal show through and no bleed, so you get the full 160 sides rather than half of them.

Does it come shrink wrapped?

It ships as open stock, so there is no plastic wrap around the individual notebook. The elastic band holds it shut in transit.

Where can I buy Sakura notebooks in Australia?

Right here. Art Shed is an Australian family owned art supplies retailer shipping Sakura notebooks Australia wide from local stock, so you are not waiting on an overseas parcel or paying international freight. You can also buy over the counter at our Melbourne store in Moorabbin or our Brisbane store in West End.

(NU94146705)

SKU NU94146705
Barcode # 8712079544287
Brand Sakura
Shipping Weight 0.9000kg
Shipping Width 0.050m
Shipping Height 0.050m
Shipping Length 0.050m

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