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Another question I have is what is good enough GSM (G/M2) paper weight and caliper (thickness) to look for in personal diary or family keepsakes? Brian Goulet on his YouTube channel says 80 - 90 GSM is good but I just checked out HP Premium Choice Laserjet Paper which everyone touts as great paper for fountain pen and in their guide HP say their 32lb paper is 120 GSM which is 40 GSM more and it's for double sided printing too. I am kinda trying to get a feel of common GSM used in diaries, notebooks designed for fountaine pen usage. Haven't noticed caliper being mentioned by the way in specifications but I am also interested to know about sizing which is coating and even if low-quality paper has coating for fountain pens, this can be a game changer I heard. In my case actually I will not be using fountain pen for now and will be using rollerball pen with water-based ink (same as one in fountain pen I guess) and gel pen. I wonder what GSM would you guys recommend for both pen types. My goal is to not have bleed-through and feathering but maybe that's not all since I will be sketching and writing text in diary? Absorbency is also important actually but coating would take care of that if paper is fountain pen friendly? Thanks

Good day I have found good diary to gift for someone but I also want to include complementary pen. Diary has this vintage theme so I want pen to have it as well. It would not make it special if I include a mere cheap pen, right? My question is what typ of pen it should be to make impression because I don't want this gift to to appear as commodity. Maybe add something a bit special like pen that is not common. While fountain pen is a good idea I don't think person would want to tinker with it so I thought about rollerball pen due to it's similarity to fountain pen and easy to care for or gel pen which has more visconsity and is less likely to bleed-through and feather except it will be not as slick in writing as rollerball. Do you know what type of paper is best for ballpoint pens? I actually saw journal that has ballpoint pen made of bamboo which I think fits vintage theme but a couple folks reported that it does not write well. I checked sheets and it says they are thicker than normal sheet, have 55 brightness and are matte. Sheets are C6 size reminding envelope and are yellow colored. Can it be kraft paper and is kraft apper card stock? Diary sold is offered in yellow (kraft?), white and creamy (ivory paper?) so I wonder what is most preferred and used?