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Another question I have is what is good enough GSM (G/M2) paper weight and caliper (thickness) to look for in personal diary or family keepsakes? Brian Goulet on his YouTube channel says 80 - 90 GSM is good but I just checked out HP Premium Choice Laserjet Paper which everyone touts as great paper for fountain pen and in their guide HP say their 32lb paper is 120 GSM which is 40 GSM more and it's for double sided printing too. I am kinda trying to get a feel of common GSM used in diaries, notebooks designed for fountaine pen usage. Haven't noticed caliper being mentioned by the way in specifications but I am also interested to know about sizing which is coating and even if low-quality paper has coating for fountain pens, this can be a game changer I heard. In my case actually I will not be using fountain pen for now and will be using rollerball pen with water-based ink (same as one in fountain pen I guess) and gel pen. I wonder what GSM would you guys recommend for both pen types. My goal is to not have bleed-through and feathering but maybe that's not all since I will be sketching and writing text in diary? Absorbency is also important actually but coating would take care of that if paper is fountain pen friendly? Thanks