In a world where there are bookshops, no one is going to run around writing notes and drafts on parchment. GIVE. THEM. PAPER.
I also wish that people would remember things like chalk and slate existed. You are probably not going to give children sheets of paper to practice on if there's a cheaper alternative around 😂
WAX TABLETS. Those were a thing places too!
Also birch bark was used to practice writing on!
I think one of the reasons people use parchment is a LOT of people seem to think the word is just an old timey word for paper and not an entirely different thing? I see people making the same mistake with papyrus too (papyrus IS technically a type of paper but its pretty distinct in its feel and color and weight from regular paper types).
Paper = sheets of matted cellulose fibers. Usually made from wood fiber pulp.
Parchment = Specially prepared sheets of untanned animal skin. Usually goat and calf and sheep.
Papyrus = a thick paper specifically made from cyperus papyrus, a member of the sedge family cyperaceae.
