Scribble and Dot

Scribble and Dot has managed to keep their price point lower than many other 160 page 160gsm journals, and is equivalent in price per page to journals with many more pages such as Nuuna and the Leuchtturm1917 Bullet Journal, which also have lighter paper. It’s taken me a couple of years to get a Scribble and Dot journal, because they refused to ship to Australia because it would make the journal too expensive (sadly shipping to Australia can double the cost of a journal). Finally, an Australian company began importing them, so I was able to buy one!

This is only the second journal that I’ve seen that has a bluish tint to the paper–only noticeable though when you hold it up against a journal with white paper. The dots are very pale and I struggle to see them. There is pretty much no bleed or ghosting, although when you start layering pens they begin to ghost. The paper copes well with watercolours, with no show-through or warping of the page, but paper does something to the finished product that leaves it looking flat and uninspiring.

I absolutely love the textured leatherette cover that makes it look like honeycomb. The journal has a key page and three index pages, and then three pen test pages, which annoyingly were unlined–I’m not sure why the dot grid doesn’t continue to these pages. Some of you will dislike the page numbers being within the grid. 

My in-depth review video looks at the company and their products; the construction, features and markings of the journal; the company’s approach to environmental and social responsibility; and a pen test of a full range of pens and watercolour paints. Have a look at the technical specifications for more information. See my pen test page for an explanation of each test.