Not sure how they make this paper but I love it. I use mokeskine notebooks for everything. I prefer quality ball point pens but I also use felt tip and gel pens on this and they write smoothly and unless it's a sharpie, don't really lead through. I have to be a bit careful using felt tip pens-holding them in one spot will allow some bleeding but it doesn't happen often. I use this for a cleaning bullet journal and I prefer the dotted paper. It allows you to create your own format with check lists or billets or titles or columns and using the dots it keeps your lines straight and precise. If you are OCD about paper- this might be for you.  These are like lays potato chips though... you won't just want one.