I've bought many folios of the A3 and A4 blank variety. I've used those for drawing in pencil. This is my first time buying lined A4s for writing. The first thing I noticed is that the paper is more orange/pink than the ivory colored blank books from a while back. I'm thinking this has to do with a change in manufacturing. I was initially annoyed at the change, I like consistency, but once I started using them, I forgot all about it. Change happens. I buy a lot of regular (non-folio) Moleskines, even though I also have a fondness for Rhodia webnotebooks, and these ruled folios now have a place in my heart. I'll continue to buy more. I think of the folios as thicker paper versions of the regular Moleskines.and I hope they keep making them. The paper's less translucent and there's less show-through of the ink but the lines have the same narrow-light gray rules as the non-folios, which I like very much. These are going to take me a while to fill up. :)