Paper Types

The paper i will use to create my book from will have to be carefully considered to convey the correct mood and theme of my book. I had a look online at the different cards and thick paper that would be available to me (Osbourne Offices, Hoby Craft, WHSmith, Ryman, The Works). While looking there were a variety of different thick cards to chose from so i tried to narrow it down a little. I looked at finding a grey coloured card for the actual spreads and then black for the dividers but on reflection i think that to go with the theme this would not be the right thing to choose. Because of this i went on to look at the different types of parchment paper that were available to use to print the spreads onto.

When looking at the card and paper i had to make sure that they would be suitable for laser and/or ink jet printing as this is how my book will be printed.

Obviously before choosing my final selection of paper i will need to collect samples of each and see how well they go together, but based on this initial peice of research i have temporarily decided to go with: -


Spreads
-Ryman: Parchment Paper A4 90gsm 100 Sheets £6.29 (in either ivory or gold depending on how yellow the gold turns out to be)

Dividers
-Ryman: Art Card A4 160gsm 50 Sheets Black £6.99

Covers
-Ryman: Elle Erre Card 220gsm 450x640mm Cream £1.25 per sheet (to be cut down to size)