Plain Lab · notebook
Ruled Insert Narrow
Narrow ruling at 1/4 inch, 6.35 mm, twenty-four lines to this page against twenty-seven at A5.
Specification
- Trim
- 127 × 177.8 mm · 5 × 7 in
- Pages
- 128
- Leaves
- 64
- Sheets
- 32
- Signatures
- 4 × 32pp
- Spine
- 7.32 mm
- Paper
- white
- Ruling
- lined
- Ruling pitch
- 6.35 mm · 18.00 pt · 1/4 in
- Rows per page
- 24
Twenty-four lines fit this page at the narrow pitch, a quarter of an inch, 6.35 millimetres between rules. It sits one step coarser than the 6.0 mm lined ruling on this shelf, and one step finer than the 7.0 mm version above it.
A tight pitch rewards a small, controlled hand. It punishes a large one immediately: a capital letter that reaches for the line above crowds the row it just left. A coarser pitch would forgive that reach without noticing it.
My own handwriting is too large for this pitch, and I know it every time I use a page ruled this tight. It is still the ruling I reach for when the notes need to be short and the page needs to hold a lot of them.
What is inside
- Notes
- 125pp
- Narrow ruling, 6.35 mm pitch (1/4 in), twenty-four lines to the page.
The film
Page by page
A vertical film from our own bench — this page contacts nobody's server to play it, and downloads nothing until you press play.
Real pages
Made at the Hibrkraft bindery, Bogor · about the maker
Books that sit alongside it
- Lined Insert 6 mmA finer pitch6.35 mm to 6.0 mm
- Lined Insert 7 mmA coarser pitch7.0 mm to 6.35 mm
- Ruled Notebook NarrowSame ruling, other trimlined at 6.35 mm: 27 lines at a5 against 24 at 5x7
Questions
What is the line pitch?
1/4 inch, 6.35 mm, twenty-four lines to the page.
How does this compare to its neighbouring pitches on this shelf?
One step finer sits at 6.0 mm, one step coarser at 7.0 mm. Narrow sits at 6.35 mm between them.
Who does a tight pitch suit?
A small, controlled hand and a page meant to hold a lot of short notes.
Is it dated?
No.
Does it come with a cover?
No. It is the sewn block, sized for a leather cover made separately.
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