I purchased this moleskine journal at Barnes and Noble but unfortunately I can't take it back. Every pen I have bleeds through! I even users like 5 different brands and types of ink. ALL bled through. The paper is practically transparent. If you look at my photos, one of them you can see a 2016 written. That's on the next page, not even on the back side. I could not write on the back pages and I would still see through the pages. I'm severely upset that I paid $20 for a journal that has paper worse that a $1 comp book at Walgreens. Whoever is in charge of Moleskines quality control needs to go. Quality is getting horrible.