I write with a fountain pen and not all notebooks on the market have the quality of paper that can cope with a fountain pen without the ink soaking into the paper. There's no such worries with the quality of paper that is used in these notebooks. With 96 pages and their simple but strong stapled construction that makes sure that pages aren't going to fall out these are a nicely sized and sturdy notebook that is about the best I've had the pleasure of using.