Best Size For A Journal?

[CaptainDan]

How large/small do you prefer your journals to be? I'm currently torn between the Quo Vadis Habana:

http://www.gouletpens.com/Q449-1/p/Q449-1

 

And this Basic Clairfontaine Clothbound:

http://www.gouletpens.com/C791461/p/C791461

[doggonecarl]

I'm partial to the 9 3/4 X 7 1/2 composition notebook. Enough so that I bought a leather journal cover that fits that size (or a modified B5) journal.

 

But I also carry a 4 X 6 Quo Vadis in my backpack.

[mwpannell]

Personally, I use a variety but tend toward A5 (5.8"x8.3") and also use a lot of 9.75"x7.5" composition books.

 

I'm tempted by the Quo Vadis Habana 6.25"x9.25" but would definitely run from the Clairefontaine 8.25" x11.75", unless I had an out of the ordinary purpose for it.

 

 

 

 

Edit: Miss-typed, originally had B5 instead of A5. It's A5.

Edited January 12, 2015 by mwpannell

[Yaakova]

I've been using the regulation composition books for the past year or so. Their 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 pages are about as large as I care to go. The Levenger Circa Junior notebooks at 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 are an ideal size, but the paper I had was not FP friendly. I need to cut and punch some good quality sheets to fit.

[JimCouch]

Nothing larger than around 5x7 or so for me. Easier to carry for me. I have gone as mall as 4x5, but anything smaller is kind o hard to write in on a regular basis.

[ac12]

I use standard write bound notebooks, which is a little smaller than US letter size paper.

This works well for me, as I like to write a LOT. And the larger paper is easier to use.

[sgtstretch]

I prefer A5 sized notebooks/journals.

[Oldtimer]

I have lots of These:

 

EXTERNAL SIZE

----9.50 X 6.25 These are a few Red/green Velvet covered I found at TJMax -

----8.25 X 5.25 Blue Cover, One side lineed one side blank _ NO_NAME FP FRIENDLY

----8.25 X 5.625 Moleskine green cover from TJ _ PREFERRED

----8.25 X 5.75 Greenroom lined notebook

----8.50 X 5.75 Regular hard cover sketch book -thick- Don't like anymore

----8.50 X 6.00 Fabriano PREFERRED

 

REQUISITE: FP friendly, lies flat, Not smaller than 8.25 X 5.25, Thin paper, thin notebook (I cannot stay too long with the same notebook). This size Fits regular notebook covers found everywhere. I have a few which are - BTW- almost in shreads now and I am looking for new notebook covers (cheap).

[CAG_1787]

I've bounced around to different sizes, but settled on the Leuchtturm1917 pocket size for about a year now. They work the best for me because I almost always have it in my back pocket whenever the need to write something arises. I found the bigger notebooks stayed in my backpack/bag so much that they didn't get used as much. Plus the smaller pages mean I write more pages, which gives me an utterly illogical feeling of more progress. May be weird, but works for me.

[BillZ]

For the journal that I keep on my desk, I like the 5x8 size. For my travel I like the Midori Passport size but not necessarily

a Midori. I recently ordered a similar one from comb-O.com and love it.

[GatzBcn]

I like the A5 size, however I feel more comfortable writing on A4. I just don't like writing 5 words and then having to go to the next line, and on A4 I can make longer lines.

[inkypete]

I prefer A5 sized notebooks/journals.

Me too. A5 is a very usable size. Portable but large enough for serious note taking in meetings etc without cramping a desk.

[dcwaites]

I prefer B5 on a desk, but spiro-bound A5 when travelling. That way it can fold back on itself and sit on top of my backpack on my knees when I'm in the train.

[Purseonality]

A5 is the perfect size, but hard to obtain in the US. :-(

[bogiesan]

Pocket. If it is not with you you cannot write in it..

[jimhughes]

I agree with Bogiesan. a 4 x 6 " engineering notebook is the biggest I carry in my Book bag. The majority are 3.5 x 5.5" ones. My usage dates to the late 1960's in all sorts of civilized and third world situations.

Jim

[Octo]

I use composition notebooks ( about B5 size) and have a nice Oberon Design leather cover for them. The writing space is ample and, if carefully chosen, they have good paper.

[blINK]

For my "organized thoughts" journal, I find that A5 is the ideal size for me.

 

For morning pages, I blow through composition notebooks.

 

For other, miscellaneous journals, it is usually a Field Notes notebook. I don't seem to have problems with them like others do.

[erpe]

I use a mix. A6/9x14 to carry around, A5 for the regular diary and A4 for the morning pages. For notepads I use exclusively A5 Rhodia R16 blocks.

[inkstainedruth]

I tend to like around 5" x 8" or so. Not much larger. But I also want fatter -- the current volume, which I picked up when I was in Boston a couple of weeks ago at Bob Slate's in Harvard Square, was (IIRC) a 200 page (?) Miquelrius journal. I'm now seriously considering going on the Miquelrius USA website and trying to order some of the 300 page ones (even thought the page size is a tad larger), because the paper seems to be pretty FP friendly.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth