Melvyn Bragg

Work is a great blotter up. It stops you thinking, which is useful. No, it stops you feeling.

English Journalist

Rachel Zoe

I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.

American Designer

Kathryn Harrison

I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

American Author

The use as absorbent paper is rare today, but seen in historical contexts.

Old-Fashioned

In antique or traditional desk settings, blotters are often found as part of the set.

Desk Accessory

Remember, a blotter is for absorbing excess ink; it's not plain stationery.

Not Stationery

In finance or trading, a blotter refers to a record of orders, trades or other events.

Transaction Logs

Blotters in finance often update in real time to reflect recent transactions.

Real-Time Update

The term is commonly used in reference to police records of incidents and arrests.

Police Use

Police blotters are often public, showing transparent law enforcement activities.

Public Record

 a tedious process but when chemists realized their jail sentences could hinge on the weight of their doses they came up with a lighter method of distribution blotter paper averaging