Paper notebooks
Notebooks for sale at a general storePaper notebooks can be distinguished along several dimensions and sub-dimensions:
Surface and support
Form factor (size and weight)
Binding and cover material (including printing and graphics)
Principal types of binding are padding, perfect,
spiral, comb, sewn, clasp, disc, and pressure, some of which can be
combined. Binding methods can affect whether a notebook can lie flat
when open and whether the pages are likely to remain attached. The
cover material is usually distinct from the writing surface material,
more durable, more decorative, and more firmly attached. It also is
stiffer than the pages, even taken together. Cover materials should
not contribute to damage or discomfort.
It is frequently cheaper to purchase notebooks that are spiral-bound,
meaning that a spiral of wire is looped through large perforations at
the top or side of the page. Other bound notebooks are available that
use glue to hold the pages together; this process is "padding".[6]
Today it is common for pages in such notebooks to include a thin line
of perforations that make it easier to tear out the page. Spiral-
bound pages can be torn out but frequently leave thin scraggly strips
from the small amount of paper that is within the spiral, as well as
an uneven rip along the top of the torn-out page. Hard-bound
notebooks include a sewn spine, and the pages are not easily removed.
Some styles of sewn bindings allow pages to open flat, while others
cause the pages to drape.
Variations of notebooks that allow pages to be added, removed, and
replaced are bound by either rings, rods, or discs. In each of these
systems the pages are modified with perforations that facilitate the
specific binding mechanism's ability to secure them. Ring-bound and
rod-bound notebooks secure their contents by threading perforated
pages around straight or curved prongs. In the open position, the
pages can be removed and re-arranged. In the closed position, the
pages are kept in order. Disc-bound notebooks remove the open or
closed operation by modifying the pages themselves. A page perforated
for a disc-bound binding system contains a row of teeth along the
side edge of the page that grip onto the outside raised perimeter of
individual discs.
Pre-printed material on writing surfaces (lines, graphics, text)
The popular, classic black or wine red Pocket Ruled
notebook, Known for its quality construction this notebook opens flat and is a pleasure to write in. Now available with either the classic Black cover or new Red cover.
hardcover notebook also have a built-in elastic closure that holds the cover closed when not in use, a cloth ribbon placeholder and an expandable accordion pocket for holding tickets, notes and clippings. |
