brushing of the thumb over the edges 50 42 therefore on the regions close to the edge of the upper sides of the notes 19 17 15 13 there may be printed a different advertising text which for example involves an idea related to the first advertising text thus for instance recommends a medicine suitable for relieving headaches therefore the notepad 1 need not be turned over or around as would be necessary for example if printing onto both sides of each of the notes 12 20 the described property of the notepad according to the invention is supported if the first notes 12 14 16 18 20 have a slightly lower basis weight for example 80 g m 2 than the second notes for which a basis weight of about 90 100 g m 2 may be chosen provided that the notes are in any event joined by pressure sensitive adhesive at their common rear edge 3 in order to produce the notepad according to the invention by means of an apparatus through such as is described in detail for example in the international patent application with the publication number wo 94 19419 this starts with a stack of sheets which alternately comprises first and second sheets lying one on top of the other the first sheets having a running direction of the paper fibers parallel to a side edge and second sheets having a running direction of the paper fibers transversely to the side edge the sheets are successively provided on one side with an aqueous release coating and on the other side at the same time with an aqueous primer coating are subsequently dried.