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I bought a cheap Moleskine diary - turns out diaries can be had for very little, if you buy them in July - and I've found fountain pen ink to dry on its pages q
by to3m 13y ago
I bought a cheap Moleskine diary - turns out diaries can be had for very little, if you buy them in July - and I've found fountain pen ink to dry on its pages quite quickly. There's loads of bleed through - but never any smearing. So perhaps it varies by product.
Perhaps I will buy another of their diaries, I haven't decided yet, but for general note taking I much prefer something that's spiral bound. Looking at the prices (and perfect binding...) of ordinary Moleskine notebooks, I think these represent much better value: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pukka-Pad-Notebook-Wirebound-Jotta/dp/B001JYKVJQ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pukka-Pad-Notebook-Wirebound-Jotta/d... (the paper is not super premium, but feels weighty enough and doesn't suffer from bleed through too much)
- phaus 13y agoNot all fountain pen ink is the same. Yours probably dries faster. I'm a left-handed fountain pen user, and there's a lot of really nice ink that I can't use because it doesn't dry fast enough to keep from smearing it all over the place.
- voltagex_ 13y agoOh my. I'm a left handed mechanical pencil user, because it's the only thing I don't smudge everywhere. Got any hints?
- phaus 13y agoThis page has some information and even a suggestion or two about ink. Whether its a fountain pen or a ballpoint, one tip I can give you is that a finer point will put less ink on the paper, thus it will dry faster. You might also like sharpie pens, they write pretty well, but they dry fast because its more like a marker as opposed to a ball point. http://www.nibs.com/Left-hand%20writers.htm http://www.nibs.com/Left-hand%20writers.htm