Okay I know weird question but i just finished wroting something short and important to me and i’d like it to feel good when you read it. Like, in a tactile way as well as an emotional way.
i used to use hammermill something something I forget, my soccer coach would order it (she was also the office manager at the firm but like, she coached my soccer team when i was 8 i still called her Coach) whenever we ran out. Today i opened the bag? sack? whatever of emergency hammermill in my closet and it only felt marginally better than the crazy vaclav’s paper of discounts we been getting. I think i bought the wrong emergency fancy paper, or someone played a prank on me.
Vellum is the best but not vegan
If you haven’t tried stone paper, do yourself a favor and give it a whirl. Not only does it feel nice and smooth to the touch and writes like a dream but it’s also highly water resistant(I keep a notepad in my shirt pocket at work and if I moisture/sweat gets onto the open notebook it easily wipes off with minimal smearing), surprisingly tear resistant, and it has the added benefit of being tree-free (typically made with crushed limestone and a bit of recyclable HDPE resin for binding) bleach-free, acid-free, and uses minimal water in production.
The paper that paper bags are made from after it gets roughed up slightly. Like, when you wrapped your school books with it and it’s had like 6 months of use.
100% cotton laid paper, preferably with a full deckle edge. The “laid” part is important, the wire mesh from the mould leaves a texture (like a watermark) you don’t get with modern “wove” paper.
There’s also quite a lot of handmade rag paper out there, most of which is nice. Just be careful of the ones with embedded flowers and stuff if you’re using a laser printer, they can come out and stick to the rollers. (Also much of this is terrible to write on with a fountain pen, as it’s not sized to stop the ink bleeding.)
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I thought I specified how the paper feels with your nubbins but sometimes I ain’t word so good. The Bennies definitely have a great emotional feel.
I’ve always been a sucker for a good cotton linen paper.
I mean aside from price how do you determine “good” in cotton linen paper? Just feel? Or does it have better Ink absorbtion/retention?
For me it’s always been about feel. It’s been some years since I worried about my paper quality, but I used to go to the stationary or office supply store and spend way to much time picking out a ream of what I thought felt best. This was only if I was printing it out on the laser for a paper, or later, presentations. The lack of quality of my penmanship would make the quality of the paper pretty irrelevant otherwise.
Eggshell finish.
It has a nice tactile feel, but without the visual distraction of linens or laids.
that is probably what my fancy paper is missing
velvet paper; It also feels deliciously buttery dragging a dry pastel over it or a very soft vine charcoal.
Ooo, you word thing good. I could make my personal master out of velvet, maybe velvet paper, maybe get it velveted like a Velvet Elvis thank you for this idea. I have only thought this idea at my wife and I can hear her rolling her eyes at the velvet Elvis I love it, even if I don’t go that route I can pester my wife with a new fun phrase to say. Who doesn’t love that (she’ll be glad hoop house is moving on)
