Notebook is lovely and I really like paper texture, I may be wrong but it does feel slightly different then regular paper, as for the pens they work way better then expected, only thing I realized later is that I need to wait for the tint to wait to dry before I shut the notebook, otherwise there is high chance of part of the white tint being left on another side, but as far as white tint goes I suppose it cannot really be helped, I am satisfied with everything and beileve it's pretty good deal ...