Blotting paper blots because the paper consists of tiny threads with thousands of openings between them. The ink rises in them by capillary attraction. In a smooth paper the tiny openings are filled by glazing material.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 809, 8 July 1933, Page 13
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