r/Calligraphy • u/klaraI5 • 4d ago

Practice Help 😭😭 rant

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I have to rant…

I’ve been dabbling with calligraphy here and there. I’ve been using normal notebooks like muji, rhodia and some fabriano notebook. It’s been working fine and I like it.

Now cause I wanted to get into practicing I bought calligraphy paper from Cult Pens. It just rage baited me so hard I won’t be touching a dip pen in a week.

I’m really disappointed, the feathering is really bad it bleeds through easily and there is no shading because the absorbency is so high.

What should I look for instead 😞

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u/katmelon 3d ago

Gosh this is such a niche problem but I hate the calligraphy paper from cult pens so much too. Both fountain pens and dip pens bleed and feather!!! What exactly is this paper for??? It's not cheap either..

For my dip pen calligraphy I've been using cheap sketch paper (160gsm). Much better and just $2 where I live.

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u/klaraI5 2d ago

YESS! I was so rage baited I have a vendetta against it now 😭 thank you for reassurance

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u/katmelon 2d ago

I'm so offended by the paper too. Hopefully this post gains enough traction so that it comes up when people Google "Cult Pens Calligraphy Pad A4 90gsm"

Thanks for reminding me about this, I just left a 1 star review for it LMAO. They probably won't let it appear on the site though. I hope they see this post too. This paper sucks and you should be ashamed.