Alphanumeric Grid Paper
Letters down one edge and numbers along the other, so every square has a name you can say out loud: B7, not three along.
Letters down one edge and numbers along the other, so every square has a name you can say out loud: B7, not three along.
Choose Alphanumeric Grid Paper from the list. It opens with the usual size already set.
Pick the paper size, the grid and the orientation. Customize holds colours, margins and more.
Download the ready PDF, or print straight from the page at 100% scale.
The moment two people work on the same grid, it needs names. Chess has files and ranks, maps have grid references, and Battleship has the whole game. Putting letters on one axis and numbers on the other makes every square unambiguous, and makes it possible to write the position down.
Which axis gets the letters is a matter of custom. Maps usually letter the columns and number the rows; Battleship does the opposite. Both are offered, because whichever you were taught is the one that feels right.
Anything where a square needs to be named rather than pointed at.
Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.
Map convention letters the columns and numbers the rows; Battleship letters the rows. Both are available — pick the one that matches what you are doing.
The letters start again at A. If you need more than twenty-six named columns, put the letters on the shorter axis.
Yes — the labels are optional, which leaves a plain square grid with the label gutter reclaimed.
