Lined or Blank paper? what do you use?

[jay23]

What do you guys use for day to day writing or journals. I got a Rhodia notebook which has very nice paper, however its not lined. I wrote two pages and find that without lines I can't write straight. My sentences slowly start going downwards. Now I use it just for doodling and random stuff. Do you guys find it easier writing with lines or no lines?

[petra]

I only use journals with no lines. Lines make me crazy. But then, my handwriting can get quite large and expressive. I like to be able to create my own spacing. Sometimes drawings find their way onto the pages too...

[Pippin60]

Lined, my OCD will go crazy if my writing isn't straight.

[Randal6393]

I will use unlined notebooks and enjoy them. Ruled notebooks are good as well. Really prefer graph notebooks -- makes it much easier to keep spacing, writing level, etc. Much more concerned with quality of paper than ruling. Enjoy.

[eilu]

I prefer unlined, it feels less 'restrictive' or maths notebooks (graphed)

[Strang]

Lined, my OCD will go crazy if my writing isn't straight.

 

Same thing for me...and for the same reason.

 

[TMLee]

Without lines , you can :

- draw

- draw and annotate

- write in ANY direction

- write in ANY size

 

A blank page frees you from 'constraints' ...

 

 

 

 

[RayMan]

I only used lined. I just can't write straight without lines (i.e., my writing slopes upward if I write on unlined paper). Some day I might experiment using blank paper with a lined guide sheet below it.

[lucentstreak]

Unlined - lines will just drive me nuts

And I have a bad habit of just adding doodles everywhere.

 

I don't exactly write straight either but after some time with unlined, I gradually moved towards an acceptable level of straightness.

[HDoug]

I use unlined. When I started reforming my handwriting a few years ago, one of my goals was to write straight without lines. Here's a poll, still open if anyone wants to add data points.

 

Doug

[El Mocho]

I use a mix of notebooks.

 

For most of my journals, I have to have lines. I don't know if I could learn to write straight without some sort of guide. I don't like the overly widely ruled journals, so those with Moleskine spacing is pretty good. If the lines are too wide, I feel like I"m wasting space.

 

For work, I use a Rhodia No 16 wirebound tablet with graph paper. I also like graph paper for taking notes: I can make outlines "tab" precisely.

 

However, I have several blank notebooks, and I have ruling templates that fit underneath the paper. That way if I want to use part of it for an illustration, I could. They're kinda based on antique page proportions, leaving wide margins at the sides and bottom, so there is also room for marginal notations. Done this way, an extra-large notebook only yields the same writing surface as a large, but it looks pretty cool.

 

So I guess even with the paper without lines, I force my lines into it. I need lines to do calligraphy, too.

 

[lak611]

I use lined notebooks (college rule), but then again, my notes are for college. I am able to write straight on unlined items, such as cards. I do not keep a journal.

[jmkeuning]

composition books. with lines.

[drifting]

Sorry, but...

[hijack]

However, I have several blank notebooks, and I have ruling templates that fit underneath the paper. That way if I want to use part of it for an illustration, I could. They're kinda based on antique page proportions, leaving wide margins at the sides and bottom, so there is also room for marginal notations. Done this way, an extra-large notebook only yields the same writing surface as a large, but it looks pretty cool.

Hey, Mocho, your templates wouldn't be these Fibonacci sequence inspired ones, would they? Just curious - your comment dredged these out of my mental morass. Pictures of your notebooks would be cool. Er... maybe in another thread! :embarrassed_smile:

[/hijack]

 

 

 

I'm definitely a lined kinda guy. I played with some blank Moleskine cahiers a couple of years ago (essentially so I could try the aforementioned templates), but it didn't take. However, I have managed to acquire a couple of small blank notebooks by accident in the past few months, and I'm starting to have fun with them...

 

Ryan.

 

[Pink Ink]

I use lined notebooks for note-taking in lectures.

 

Outside of lectures, I prefer unlined but it's hard to find composition books with unlined paper -- and impossible to find these with unlined paper and with a cover other than marbled black. But if all I can find are lined, no biggie. Just as long as they're wide-ruled instead of college-ruled.

[ppenloverr]

i use always lined because unfortunately i can not keep a straight line when writting so all the lines would be otherwise rather uneven tending to go down, very down. but i think it looks better the ink in blank paper as you are not distrasted by the lines...

Edited October 15, 2008 by ppenloverr

[lapis]

No lines for me. I don't like lines. And if I did like lines, they'd have to be lighter/heavier, narrower/wider etc because it all depends on the pen and ink used at the moment and on my mood.

 

Mike

[AndyHayes]

Lined or better still grid. Keeps me going in the right direction. Grid allows you to go landscape or portrait and to use whatever spacing you like... 1 line, 2 lines etc.

[goaliedad30]

Lined. Period. Can't write straight otherwise! And I can't draw to save my life ....

[Ondina]

Plain. Dislike lined to the extreme, but Sèyes is tolerated.