Oblique Writing Paper
Ruled lines with slanted guides running through them, so every letter leans at the same angle from the first word to the last.
Ruled lines with slanted guides running through them, so every letter leans at the same angle from the first word to the last.
Choose Oblique Writing 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.
Handwriting that leans consistently reads as controlled even when the letterforms are ordinary. Handwriting whose slant wanders reads as untidy even when each letter is well made. The difficulty is that drift happens gradually — you cannot spot it on the line you are writing, only on the page afterwards.
A faint slant guide fixes that by giving you something to check against continuously. After a few pages the angle becomes muscle memory and the guides stop being necessary.
The setting is measured from the horizontal, so a larger number is a more upright hand.
Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.
Calligraphy paper divides each row into ascender, x-height and descender bands for pen work. This one keeps plain ruled lines and adds only the slant guides, which suits ordinary handwriting.
Around 75° to 80° from the horizontal. Much steeper than that starts to look like a formal script rather than everyday writing.
Yes, and it is worth ignoring the standard angles. Many left-handers are steadiest at a near-vertical or even slightly backward slant; set the guides to match your hand.
