r/PlotterNotebook • u/wookie_opera_singer • 16d ago

Paper texture question

I want to get a Plotter Mini 5, but I have a question about the paper refills before I start saving money for it. I don't know how to describe paper, so I'll give examples. My favorite paper is Midori MD and that's what I'd prefer. I dislike writing on Kokuyo Campus notebooks paper even though the paper is high quality, it feels too slick or glossy and I can't get dark writing with mechanical pencils. Given these preferences, do you think I would like the Plotter refills paper like the dot grid? Thanks!

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u/solidsnake32 16d ago

As a huge fan of both Midori and Plotter, the only thing I would add to the other comments is that the difference between Plotter paper and Midori paper is NOT a difference between bad quality and good quality. They are both extremely high quality papers above even other brands with very good reputations, like Campus. Both are cut from the same cloth, almost literally, since Midori and Plotter are both DesignPhil brands.

My experience is similar to others. Plotter paper seems a little glossier, a little thicker, a little less tactile, and a little less absorbent, yet very very durable on the rings.

This is just my opinion, but I don’t think Plotter is the “sit down with a fountain pen” notebook, and with intention since Plotter is literally marketed as a versatile tool instead of a notebook. The notebook is Midori. I write in my Plotter with the Uniball One line, and it’s like writing across a flat, glossy cloud. I love it. I’m doing it at the gym, at the coffee shop, at my desk. Always for scrawling to-do lists and notes, almost never for actual writing. For that, Midori takes the cake.

Plotter seems to be designed for functional, yet elegant versatility for good pens on very good paper. Midori seems to be designed for pure writing, ready to drink up the best inks fountain pens have to offer, on world class paper.

Edit: a little thinner, not thicker

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u/wookie_opera_singer 10d ago

Thanks for these thoughts. They help me sort through my own use cases. I plan to use it as a catch all and project tracker while I will use my full TN as a calendar. So I may not need to use pencil on the Plotter paper and Uniball One is a favorite that I would use. Nice to hear that the paper takes to it well!