A hard cover notebook 13 x 21cm, which is narrower than a true A5 but the same height, laid out in 5mm squares, in Black. The cover reads as a flat true black with no blue or brown cast. Inside are 80 sheets of 140gsm acid free paper, roughly double the weight of ordinary notebook stock, which is the reason your pen stays on the page it started on. Tall enough to write properly in, narrow enough that it does not fight you for space on a cafe table next to a coffee.

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The back pocket is better than it looks. It expands, so it will take a folded receipt pile, a few swatch cards or a postcard without bulging the cover.

Perfect for

Plans and layoutsTables and trackersScale drawingLettering practiceDesk and cafeDaily driver

The colour: Black

Black is the default for a reason. It does not date, it does not clash with anything you carry it with, and it hides the scuffs that any notebook picks up after a few months in a bag.

What 5mm squares actually give you

Five millimetre grid is the engineer's default, and it is the most versatile ruling in the range once you stop thinking of it as maths paper. Every square is a unit, so you can scale a drawing, rough out a floor plan, keep a table honest or write across it and use the grid as an invisible baseline.

Grid is the right call when things need to line up. Plans, tables, charts, lettering practice, anything where a wobbly column will annoy you later. At 13 x 21cm you get a full sentence without wrapping, which is the part people forget to think about until they are living with the book.

What you are actually getting

Paper

140gsm acid free FSC certified stock, 80 sheets giving 160 usable sides, in a warm cream white rather than a harsh bright white

Ruling

5mm squares, printed edge to edge with no pre-printed margin

Cover

Black hard cover, rounded at every corner so nothing curls or catches

Fittings

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

Questions about the squared Black notebook in 13 x 21cm

Is this the same as graph paper?

Same idea, heavier paper. Loose graph paper is usually thin stock meant to be used once and thrown out. This is 140gsm bound into a hardcover, so it is graph paper you keep.

Does the grid run right to the edge of the page?

Yes, full bleed grid with no printed margin. You get the whole page to work with and you can rule your own margin wherever it suits the job.

Will it fit in a handbag or a backpack?

Comfortably. At 13 x 21cm it slides into a laptop sleeve or the flat pocket of a backpack without being the thing that decides what else fits.

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.

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.

(NU94157103)

SKU NU94157103
Barcode # 8712079544508
Brand Sakura
Shipping Weight 0.3900kg
Shipping Width 0.050m
Shipping Height 0.050m
Shipping Length 0.050m

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