Tools To Live By Letterpress Machine Notebook – Dot

A slim dot-grid notebook named for the century-old letterpress machine that sits in the brand's Taipei shop.

The paper takes ink properly — it absorbs rather than letting it sit and spread — so a fountain pen works on it as readily as a biro. The 5 × 5mm dots give you something to align to without ruling the page into submission, which is why dot grids suit stamping and collage as well as writing. 52 pages, 4mm thick, and it disappears into a bag.

Key Features

• Dimensions: Width 10.5cm × height 20.7cm × depth 0.4cm
• Pages: 52, 5 × 5mm dot layout
• Paper: Excellent ink absorption; suits regular and fountain pens
• Design: Inspired by the letterpress machine in the Taipei store
• Suitable for: Writing, drawing, stamping, collage and daily notes
• Made in: Taiwan

Trade notes

Slim and cheap enough to be an impulse buy, which is unusual for a fountain-pen-friendly notebook — that combination is the pitch. Sits as a pair with the Spiral Staircase grid version; customers pick by ruling, so carry both.