How to use it
- Choose the ruling: wide for younger students and large handwriting, college for most adults, 8 mm for standard European pads.
- Keep or remove the red margin line, and add space at the top for a name and date.
- Download the PDF for Letter or A4 and print at 100%.
Ruling sizes
Wide ruled: 11/32 in (8.7 mm). College ruled: 9/32 in (7.1 mm). Narrow ruled: 1/4 in (6.35 mm). European writing pads usually use 8 mm, and some 6 mm. The red margin on US notebook paper sits 1 1/4 in from the left edge.
Printing to scale
In the print dialog choose “Actual size” or 100% scale. “Fit to page” shrinks the sheet by a few percent and the spacing will no longer be exact.
Questions
What is the difference between wide and college ruled paper?
Wide ruled lines are 11/32 inch apart, college ruled are 9/32 inch. College ruled fits about six more lines on a Letter page.
Is there lined paper for kindergarten?
Use the handwriting worksheets: they add a dashed midline so children can size lowercase letters.