The notebook has a string that can be used as a bookmark, but is also a playful touch - each type of MD notebook has it's own colour (the grid has white). You won't be able to resist filling this notebook with ideas, drawings, designs, notes, plans and much much more. It’s an excellent option if you prefer a separate notebook for each project, or a lighter backpack while commuting. The stitching is tight and there is very subtle logos debossed into the front and inner front bottom fold. The horizontal bag fits an A4 notebook and has a notch cut in the front flap so a pen or pencil can be attached by its clip.

It also comes with index stickers which you can add to the spine of your notebook to easily identify it. There’s some copywriting going on here too but for me the ‘bird’s beak’ curved nib style being designed to allow the user to press harder makes sense to me. Each type of notebook now has its own color of string, with a white string in the cotton type and an orange string in the diary type.It absorbs your hand oils and picks up distinctive scuff marks and scratches that showcase the way you use the notebook. Each MD Diary has dated monthly calendars for scheduling events, and undated pages for everyday planning and note-taking. This means that the paper doesn’t quite handle Pushkin as well as Tomoe River (52gsm ro 68gsm) but still isn’t bad. The lines are printed in subtle hues (pale gray for ruled and light blue for grid) that won’t distract you when writing. Hopefully this comparison between new and old 52gsm Ivory (off white) and Cream Tomoe River Paper will be helpful.

It pairs well with fountain pens and rollerballs thanks to its bleed-resistant and feather-resistant qualities.Keep it on your bookshelf and read it again over the years, to look back on who you were and what you did this year. MD Correction Tape is not completely opaque, so you will still see a light shadow of writing beneath the applied tape. This method enables the notebook to open entirely flat, ensuring ease of writing, without a bumpy middle. The Midori MD Notebook has a simple and no-nonsense appearance that focuses all of the attention on its superb construction. Often that would be dark (this ink is black) but with inks that show their colour like Noodler’s Rachmaninov the section would be bright pink (in that case).