Printable paper
Lined, Seyès, squared, dot grid or millimetre graph. You set the spacing, the colour and the margin, then print on ordinary A4. The rulings are vector-drawn, so they stay crisp whatever the printer.
To get a PDF: click Print, then choose “Save as PDF”. Untick “Headers and footers”, and check that the scale is set to 100% — that is what makes your squares measure a true 5 mm.
The five papers, and what each is for
Each type has its own page, with the settings that matter for it and what you need to know to print it correctly. The tool above produces all of them.
- Lined paper — Horizontal rules only, 6 to 10 mm apart.
- Seyès paper — The French school ruling: 8 mm rule, subdivided every 2 mm.
- Graph paper — Squares of 4, 5, 8 or 10 mm. 5 mm is the European standard.
- Dot grid paper — A grid of dots — the bullet journal format.
- Millimetre paper — Three line weights, for plotting and reading off values.
Printing at the right scale
A 5 mm square measures 5 mm only if the print is not resized. In the print dialogue, find the “Scale” or “Scaling” setting and put it at 100%: “Fit to page” shrinks the ruling slightly and throws off every measurement. To check, lay a ruler on the printed sheet — ten 5 mm squares should come to exactly 5 cm. The sheets are A4, not Letter.
Ink and legibility
Too dark a ruling competes with the handwriting; too light and it disappears in the photocopier. The grey-blue set by default is a compromise: visible enough to guide, quiet enough to fall behind the text. If you photocopy a lot, go up a step in line weight rather than in darkness.
What this page does not do
It asks for no account, adds no watermark, and stores nothing beyond your own settings, kept by your browser. The paper is drawn by your browser: you can cut your connection off entirely and it carries on working.