Printable Graph Paper

Wide Ruled Paper

The wider American ruling: 11/32 inch (8.7 mm) between lines, 29 lines to a Letter sheet, with a red margin.

8.5 × 11.0 in · 215.9 × 279.4 mm
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Wide Ruled Paper in two steps

  1. Set it up

    Pick the paper size, the grid and the orientation. Customize holds colours, margins and more.

    Settings for Wide Ruled Paper: paper size, grid and orientation
  2. The finished sheet

    Wide Ruled Paper on US Letter, exactly as it prints.

    Wide Ruled Paper on US Letter, printable example sheet

Room to write

Wide ruled is the American elementary school standard, and the extra 1.6 mm over college ruled matters more than the number suggests. A developing hand writes larger, and cramping it into narrower lines produces worse letterforms rather than neater ones.

It stays useful past primary school for anyone whose handwriting is naturally large, and for anything meant to be read at arm's length.

Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.

Questions

What is the spacing on wide ruled paper?

11/32 of an inch, or about 8.7 mm. That is 1.6 mm more than college ruled.

How many lines fit on a Letter sheet?

29 with a 10 mm margin, against 36 for college ruled.