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How Pen Weight and Balance Affect Writing Comfort

Pick up two pens that weigh exactly the same on a scale, and they can feel completely different in the hand. One might sit comfortably through a long writing session; the other starts to feel heavy...

Notebook Sizes: A4, A5, A6 and B5 Compared

"A5" and "B5" get thrown around constantly when people talk about notebooks, but most of us have only a rough sense of what those letters and numbers actually mean in the hand. Knowing the real dim...

How to Choose a Pen for Work, Meetings and Notes

A good work pen isn't about which one looks the most impressive in a meeting, it's about whether it keeps up with how you actually work. Some days that means jotting a quick note before you forget ...

Why Fountain Pen Ink Bleeds Through Paper and How to Fix It

You're writing along, everything feels fine, and then you flip the page over and see it: ink that's gone straight through to the other side. Bleed-through is one of the most common frustrations fou...

Der Reiz des Rollerball-Stifts

Für viele Berufstätige, Kreative und Denker bleibt das Schreiben mit Stift und Papier ein wesentlicher Teil des Alltags. Das richtige Schreibgerät kann dieses Erlebnis verwandeln — und jedem Stri...

Fountain Pen Paper Thickness: Is 100 GSM Enough?

If you've spent any time shopping for notebooks, you've probably seen GSM printed somewhere on the packaging and had no real sense of what it means for how the pen will actually feel on the page. I...

Warum Ihr Füllfederhalter auf verschiedenen Papieren unterschiedlich schreibt

  Nach der festlichen Saison, in der mehrere neue Notizbücher und Journale auf meinem Schreibtisch gelandet sind, wurde ich erneut daran erinnert, wie unterschiedlich Papier auf Variationen in Fede...

Re-Freshman Year: If We Went Back to School Now, We Would Do This

In this article, we discuss how we would approach academia years if we went back to school knowing what we know now. We support our notion with research and a personal word. And yes, there is indee...

How to Keep a Travel Journal You'll Actually Reread

A photograph shows you where you stood. A travel journal returns you to how it felt to stand there. Most of us photograph a trip and journal almost nothing. The camera roll fills up, the days blur,...

Refillable vs Disposable Pens: Cost and Waste Compared

Choosing between a refillable and a disposable pen looks like a small decision. Over a year of regular writing, it adds up to a real difference in spending and in how much you throw away. This gui...