The Rhodia No.12 is a pocket notepad that has earned its reputation quietly, through years of consistent use by writers, designers, architects, and anyone who values the act of putting something down on paper without the paper fighting back.
Measuring 85 x 120mm, it fits comfortably in a shirt pocket, a coat pocket, or slipped into the back of a journal. The format is compact without being cramped. The black cover is a departure from the classic orange that made Rhodia famous - restrained, matte, and unobtrusive in any setting.
The paper is the point.
Rhodia uses its own proprietary 90gsm paper, a weight that sits just above the threshold where most inks stop bleeding through. The surface is smooth but not glassy - there is enough tooth to give pencil a clean line while remaining genuinely hospitable to fountain pens, rollerballs, and fineliner nibs. Feathering is minimal. Show-through is minimal. Dry times are faster than most papers in this class.
The dot grid pattern is set at 5mm intervals, which is generous enough to work across writing scales but close enough to provide a useful visual reference for sketching, planning, or structured notes. The dots are printed in a soft violet-grey that recedes from the page rather than competing with your work.
Construction details:
The top-stapled binding means pages tear away at the top in a straight, even line - useful when you want to hand something off without presenting the whole pad. Pages are perforated close to the binding, so what remains is a clean rectangle with no ragged edge.
Who reaches for this notepad?
The No.12 suits anyone who works in motion - on-site, in meetings, between tasks - and needs something reliable that does not draw attention to itself. It is equally at home as a dedicated bullet journal insert, a travel companion, or a secondary pad kept open beside a larger sketchbook. The format rewards daily use rather than occasional ceremony.
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