Rhodia Notepad, No16 A5, Squared - Orange

I’ve been using the Rhodia dot pad for YEARS! It satisfies all of my calligraphy needs. The quality of the rhodia dot pad is top tier. Thick and smooth. The paper has worked well with 95% of my calligraphy tools (I have a lot). No leaking, no smudges, no bleeding and no scratches and no feathering. Only tool I had issues with on this paper is the pilot parallel pen as it caused feathering and ink bleeding. It’s a luxurious paper at an affordable price. This particular size of the Rhodes dot pad is good for carrying on the go or note taking. I’ll always recommend the Rhodia dot pad for your calligraphy and non-calligraphy needs!

Disclaimer: I'm not a big fountain pen person, nor do I write with a pen much at all in the digital age. Thus, while, I am still a bit of a paper snob ;-), I can't speak knowledgeably about other paper options out there except Midori, the high-end Japanese brand that is also prized by many fountain pen users. ABOUT RHODIA GENERALLY: I started using Rhodia paper when I was trying out fountain pens. I kept reading that this paper was superior for its level of absorbability -- it didn't bleed through, yet is less likely to smear which particularly matters to me as a left handed person. Rhodia, being a French company, sells European dimensioned paper — A4, A5, etc.) Most of their pads are “Super fine vellum" 80 gram paper which is just 5 grams heavier than standard US 20 pound bond paper -- think typical copy paper in weight/thickness. However, even though this isn't heavy bond paper, the finish is excellent for the aforementioned reasons. It's very smooth, and the paper fibers have a very fine grain. Thus, less porosity/absorption. Bottom line, it just feels nice, and of quality. Rhodia does offer bound notebooks (I haven't seen one in person), yet they don't seem to offer upscale bound notebooks, which would seem like an obvious market for them due to their superior paper. The bound ones are “faux Italian leather” (which I doubt is any nicer than “Joe Bob’s super-duper faux leather” ;~) — They do come in many cool colors. Some people may prefer, if not a nicer leather bound notebook, at least a pad that's a little more professional/flashier in appearance given the cost, and quality of this paper. This doesn't matter much to me, but to others it night. I like Rhodia’s dot pattered pads. I don't really care that it helps keep the alignment correct when one is writing (if that's even is the intent?); I just like the uniqueness. REGARDING LEFTIES: Normal US spiral-bound notebooks are an annoyance for most of us lefties (or at least me). It helps that this pad has a stapled top as opposed to spiral bound; particularly that it's not spiral-bound on the left unlike standard US notebooks that are indented on the left; thus, lefties can't use those notebooks backwards if one is trying to keep the indent on the left. I remember as a kid when there was a specialty store in San Francisco that had products just for lefties such as scissors. They also had spiral notebooks that have the wire binding on the right so we would still have the indented line of notebook paper on the left when writing. Since it was a niche product, they were really expensive compared to regular notebooks. I think of it as rare to find a pad that has a staples on the top; as stated, that makes it so much easier for lefties IMHO

Fantastic paper. Super smooth, resilient, non-absorbent. It's somehow all of these things yet still very light, so it has a delicate and elegant feel. I used a crow quill nib (a dip pen nib specifically made for thin lines which therefore has a needle sharp point and catches on everything, for those who aren't familiar) with very thin fountain pen ink, and the Rhodia is the only paper I could find out of my options that doesn't allow it to bleed and feather to the point of incomprehensibility. The nib didn't catch which I was writing and the lines came out completely clean. Even a heavy, high-quality drawing paper I tried couldn't handle this ink and pen combination, resulting in bleeding and feathering. For comparison there's a piece of normal printer paper. Many of the letters with the printer paper are distorted and smeared because in a single sentence the nib caught 5 times. The ink has bled and feathered to a ridiculous extent, making the writing messy and terrible. Once again, the Rhodia had none of these issues, and remains my standard paper for personal writing, practice, and any finicky pens. For projects I'd recommend a heavier paper only because it's... well... heavier. When I'm making some important document I want a paper that's a little thicker, but that's not what this paper is for and not what I want it to do. The lightness of this paper makes it perfect for things like letters and journaling. I have yet to find a paper that is so effective for penmanship.

For those who know about Rhodia, you are probably not reading these reviews. For those who want to know more about Rhodia, there are great things to be said. The paper here is very high quality: rock heavy, silk smooth, and snow white. In other words, these are not the one dollar packet of 100 sheets of paper you would find in a normal office store. While most people won't need it other than the reason that it's a nice luxury, these have profound uses for those who use ink pens. The paper will not feather with any ink! At the same time, it is very absorbent - so much so that the ink won't smudge even though I swipe across it with my fingers almost immediately. Perhaps this is expensive for paper, one may argue. I argue otherwise. I have seen paper of less quality in a thinner notebook that has been more expensive because some gimmick like a faux-leather cover or reinforced binding. This felt just as solid as any of those scams, and had paper I can only dream of in my sleep. On the side note, the dot guides are great. I am practicing my writing on these paper, and it's a delight to be able to divide four squares into four quadrants to really regulate my handwriting. It might be extreme, but it definitely gives more control when you need it - much more than line guides by far. I haven't forgotten the perforations. While it seems silly to comment on something so drab, I cannot rave enough about every aspect of this notepad. How many times have you suffered an unclean edge on a page you tried to take out from a notepad? I doubt it will happen with this one. If it does, it will probably be deliberately done. Fountain and dip pen advocates who haven't heard of this company, take note of paper and pads Rhodia makes. No, this is not your only option, but it sure is a great one. I rarely think any product deserve five stars, but this one takes the cake. Pros: Paper quality is exceptional. Perforations will prevent unclean tears. Dot guides will make writing cleanly a breeze. Binding is study, and the cover is, too. Cons: None at all.

The dot grid is the same on every sheet and is clean and even. There are no pages where the grid is cut off or faded. It's a good solid print of the grid that looks nice and is not hard on the eyes. The pages are very smooth and the look and feel are the same on both sides of a sheet. If one likes to draw and sketch and used this in book form, they could do a two page spread without the look of the drawing changing from page to page. I like this pad and its dotted pages so much that it's hard to bring myself to use it lol. This is high grade vellum paper after all. The paper in it is made France by Clairefontaine. It might sound strange, but I feel like I'd be disrespecting its pages if my text or drawing isn't something significant. I'd like to cover a few things I've seen in the reviews. Let's start with size. This is A5 size. But paper sizes within A5, B7 etc can and do vary from company to company and product to product. There are standards, but they are not exact to every item and every company. However these measurements should be listed in sheet size after removed from pad. Product Dimensions 5.75in/148mm width x 8.25in/208mm height x 8mm thick (side of pad when closed) Actual Sheet Size 5.7in/148mm width x 7.5in/190mm height As stated above this is high grade vellum paper made in France. Being an import and having very smooth, high quality paper is naturally going to make this cost more than other products. If one wants higher quality then they pay more for it. This is not a value or economy brand. It's a brand that's been around for over a century.

This would be so much better if it were spiral bound at the top, or if it had some kind of better binding with the cover. You have to bend the cover back around a certain way to get it to go under the pad, and it does a good job of staying back there once you do. My gripe is that if you try to turn it over to use the back side of a sheet, you not only lose a lot of the top of the back side of the page due to how it folds over, it will be an unpleasant experience trying to use it because the cover, will be lifting it up off the page and trying to fold back over. It's a bit expensive for a notepad. I don't think anyone can argue with that. Yes, it's Rhodia paper and that means it is good quality paper. I bought it for that reason and because I like the dot grid, but if you're someone who just needs a generic notepad, you're probably not going to care enough to spend $8 on a notepad. That being said, the paper quality and the dot grid layout *are* both important to me, and I am pleased with both. At first, I thought that the dots were too light to be useful, but it turns out I really do like how subtle they are and they still do a great job of lining up my writing and helping me organize when I indent things as I do to-do lists and take notes. The paper is vibrant and white, and not practically see-through like cheap generic notepads. There is bleedthrough to the rear of the page if you use something like an ultra-fine point sharpie to make a heading, but I've not had it bleed onto the next page even if I'm slow and careful with my lettering. I use mine for to-do listing (bullet journal-esque style) so I don't keep the pages long term. Once I fill up a side of a sheet, I will tear the sheet out, flip it over and use a paperclip to hold it in place while I use the back side. I can fit around a week's work of important tasks and small notes on each side and then I can recycle the page when done, as anything left undone is just copied onto the next sheet.

Nice paper with micro-perforations to allow sheets to be torn off easily. The cover folds back completely to allow you to write on the tablet without the cover in the way. The only comment I would make on the negative side is that the entire table is A5 size, not the sheet as torn off the tablet (which is shorter by the margin that is held by the stapled cover). So the torn off sheet is only 18.9cm/7.5in long, whereas the tablet is 21.2cm/8.25in long. The weight of the paper is great for note taking (80gsm), but I'd use a heavier paper for correspondence (e.g., the 90gsm Clairefontaine tablet which has a full A5 sheet after tearing it off the glue binding). I don't get bleed through with any of the fountain pens I use (but I have mostly Fine or Medium nibs). Even so, I would not write on the back side--while there is no bleed through, the paper is translucent enough to see the writing on the other side, so you'd want to read a sheet with writing on both sides on something else, not holding a single sheet in your hand so light could get through it.

I use this for todo lists at work and it writes wonderfully with my Lamy Safari. No bleed through, smooth writing, very good experience overall. The texture is smooth as butter and the grid is a good size.

Très pratiques ces bloc-notes et papier de très (trop?) bonne qualité

The Rhodia notepads are perfect if you use a fountain pen – the high-grade vellum paper is very ink-friendly, with no bleeding or feathering and no ghosting. And the light-grey printing (I go for the grid rule and dot grid versions) doesn't dominate the page or make it look cheap. An absolute joy to use.

ya tenia cuadernos de esta marca...y esque el papel es buenisimo los boligrafos, lapizes, se deslizan sobre el papel como en ningun otro. Me gustan los puntitos (dotpad) yo hago bocetos asi a mi manera de piezas, etc y me es muy util ya que tienes los puntos para guiarte a la hora de trazar lineas , y a la vez no (empañan) las lineas del boceto como si hace un papel con cuadriculas. lo recomiendo al 100x100 vale lo que cuesta.

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Très bien