nmo

I've been on a journey to find the best #discbound #notebook setup for me. The story so far:

- Junior size notebooks are the most common in the US, but also are of such a strange paper size that it's hard to print custom sheets.
- A4/A5 are awesome, I wish we had these standards here. I can print A5 pages on a standard printer without much faffing about.
- Making DIY covers are more trouble than I'd like. I've bought a few hand punches and haven' t really been happy with the output. Between disc sizes and punch depths, it's a lot of work measuring with calipers and setting guides to get good, clean, and uniform punches.

Sep 20, 2025 at 5:17pmWeb
Show threadnmoSep 20, 2025

I really like the letter size #discbound #notebooks for printing off #ttrpg content and sheets. I have most of the MCDM zines printed and bound like that. Since I can add pages whenever I was able to keep adding to them as they were released.

I also printed some smaller character sheets in A5 size (Hand re-arranged letter sized pdf elements into side by side A5 sheets) which were awesome. Discbound notebooks make it easy to re-organize and remove pages so I don't just sit with a blank perfect moleskin notebook the whole time, too afraid to blemish it.

Show threadnmoSep 20, 2025
My only gripe so far has been the cover situation and lack of A5 options. I'm gutting junior size books to replace them with custom A5 sized paper. I've painted a few letter sized planners because I didn't vibe with the designs, but the material is hard to get in the raw and then to punch is so annoying.
Show threadM.A. SupertSep 20, 2025
@nmo I’m a big discount notebook fan myself. I’ve never considered printing out a whole module in one though.