I recently made a few notebooks from graph paper that I’ve had for a while but wasn’t using. I prefer dot grid but I don’t mind square grid. The larger size is for a custom leather cover I made in the style of a Travelers. The smaller ones are made to fit in my wallet. I had this idea after seeing Touch & Flow’s Jotter notebooks.

The cover is made from different random card stock and I used three types of paper for pages. One is “8 x 8 to the inch cross section” grid, one is 5mm squares and the last is from an Isometric perspective grid paper.

The 8x8 is 75gsm with a smooth surface. It’s a nice paper. The square and iso is 80gsm and is rougher which makes it feel more utilitarian.

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  • CoffeeTails@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Nice leather covers! I really like the notebooks. I also prefer dotted, but square grid is 100% in that light gray paper. Regular grid paper gets so… “noisy” in lack of a better word from my tired brain.

    Do you have a special stapler for the big ones or how do you staple them? :)

    • fujiwood@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Thank you again! :)

      The grey paper is from a company called Whitelines. They’ve been around for over a decade and I don’t see them very often. Not too expensive either imo.

      As for the stapler, yes it’s a “long reach stapler” that works well.

      I know some companies sell a saddle stapler specifically to staple the center which I assume work even better.

      • CoffeeTails@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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        3 days ago

        oh the name was Whitelines. I had forgotten, whoops.

        Nice to have a long stapler, with ruler at that!

        The saddle staple looks like a great tool if you make a lot of notebooks :D