Looking For A Particular Type Of Paper

[Intensity]

I got a little notepad on my recent trip to Italy—not as a purchase, but rather it was given to me for small notes. Its tiny, maybe 3x5”, with tear-away perforated sheets. Not practical, but I brought it back with me because the paper is fantastic for fountain pens. I am smitten with how inks look on it and want to get more, in a large size.

 

Problem is, theres no branding of the maker anywhere on the pad. Theres gold-letter embossing of a logo of a site that contracted the maker for these notebooks (kind of like university-branded stationery). I’ve written to the company the name of which is stamped on the front, but I worry they wont have an answer for me.

 

So I’m trying to go in generic terms for something similar.

 

Heres what the paper is like:

 

- bright white

- very smooth, apparently coated

- thinner than Rhodia, thicker than 52gcm tomoe river. Has some toughness to it, like Rhodia sheets

- inks look more like they were written on tomoe river but with extra glossy sheen to the finish. It’s glossier and smoother than Rhodia.

- Shading is low because the ink goes on more evenly somehow. The beauty is that glossy saturated look.

- absolutely no feathering, almost no bleedthrough (some dots of bleedthrough in concentrated areas)

- pens practically glide over the paper

 

Does any of that sound familiar to paper youve used? If so, could you recommend that paper? Maybe there are notepads like this or printing paper stacks? I don’t even mind if its not acid-free.

 

Thank you for reading

Edited April 11, 2019 by Intensity

[jmccarty3]

Sounds like Clairefontaine.

[Intensity]

Unfortunately its not like any Clairefontaine I’ve tried so far, which has been the 90g/m3 “Veloute” type. I don’t know if they make another kind. I actually don’t like Clairefontaine paper - it makes most of my inks look rather pale and unexciting. This paper is on the contrary bringing out deeper tones and has zero feathering for very crisp lines. Since it’s coated, inks take longer to dry, but once dried they dont smear. I brought my notepad to a local stationery store that offers fountain pens, and they were also very intrigued.

Edited April 15, 2019 by Intensity

[almoore]

AS you were in Italy it could have been a notebook manufactured by Fabriano; I have a number of their notebooks that I have found very good when using FP's. If you get really stuck with this I can post you a few sheets from the notebooks I have in the EcoQua range.

 

Al