Sakura Ruled Hard Cover Notebook A6 9x14cm Deep Indigo

The one that actually leaves the house. It clears a jacket pocket, a back pocket and the side sleeve of almost any bag, which is the whole argument for this size. 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 Deep Indigo cover reads as a dark blue that reads almost black until light hits it, which suits people who want the discipline of a black notebook with a pulse in it.

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Test your worst pen on the inside back cover before you start. Every paper has a limit, and you want to know where it is on a page you do not care about.

Perfect for

JournallingMeeting notesLecture notesMorning pagesOn the moveQuick capture

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

Line spacing is the thing nobody checks and everybody notices later. At 7mm there is enough clearance that the tails of one line do not tangle with the tops of the next, so a page of fast handwriting still reads back cleanly a month later.

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 9 x 14cm you get about twenty words to a line, 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 Deep Indigo 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 Deep Indigo notebook in 9 x 14cm

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 it big enough to be useful?

For capture, yes. It is built for the thought you have standing up, on a platform or in a queue. If you want to sit and write at length, the 13 x 21cm is the better size.

How many pages do you actually get?

Eighty sheets, so 160 sides. At a page a day that is most of a working year, and at a spread a day it is about five months.

Is the paper white or cream?

Slightly cream white. Sakura specifies it that way for legibility, and in practice it means less glare under office and shop lighting than a bright white stock, plus a little more warmth behind coloured inks.

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.

(NU94146801)

SKU	NU94146801
Barcode #	8712079544416
Brand	Sakura
Shipping Weight	0.1800kg
Shipping Width	0.050m
Shipping Height	0.050m
Shipping Length	0.050m