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I always got on fine with laser printer paper. But it was never really a hobby – my school required them at one point and at another my parents thought it would
by dan-robertson 4y ago
I always got on fine with laser printer paper. But it was never really a hobby – my school required them at one point and at another my parents thought it would help my handwriting. If you have a bunch of school kids made to use fountain pens, they aren’t going to be fussing about paper quality; they’ll just use what they have and be fine with it. I think you don’t really need certain types of paper. People just like throwing money at the bits of their hobby that are easy to throw money at.
- BeetleB 4y agoIn my experience, most laser printer papers feather heavily with fountain pen ink. I buy the Target brand ones, and they handle FP ink decently well. But yes - you definitely need paper that handles the ink well. Most notebooks sold in regular American stores do not. If your city has a Kinokuniya[1] store, likely most stationery sold there will handle it well as fountain pens are still used a lot in Japan. [1] https://usa.kinokuniya.com/ https://usa.kinokuniya.com/
- ziml77 4y ago> fountain pens are still used a lot in Japan I ended up getting a Japanese notebook for that reason. I think the one I got may still have been a step up in quality from what's standard there, but it was a leap up from the generic US notebook I had been trying to use.
- waynesonfire 4y agoIt's been a pleasure writing on the HP Printer Paper Premium 32 lb paper.
- ziml77 4y agoI actually do expect a lot of printer papers to be fine. But typical notebook paper turns the lines into a mess.