Lined Paper Template Maker
Make your own lined paper. Customize spacing, line weight, margins, orientation, and size, then instantly download a clean PDF for printing. Great for classroom use, teachers, students, writers for their writing needs. Simply create, download and print on Letter Size or A4 paper.
Recommended: Check out this Advance Graph Paper Generator to create many different printable graph and grid papers.
Line Spacing
Line Thickness
Page Margin
Line Color
Line Style
Skip Lines
Top:
Bottom:
Side Margin Line
Color
Orientation
Paper Size
Page Background
Regenerate the page to apply any changes.
What Is Printable Lined Paper?
Printable lined paper (sometimes called ruled paper) is a template that shows evenly spaced horizontal lines across the page. These lines help guide your handwriting so text remains straight and evenly spaced. Often there is a vertical margin line (on the left side) to help keep content aligned or leave space for notes or binding.
These templates are available in different styles, such as:
- Wide ruled (for younger students or those who need more space)
- College ruled (for standard writing, especially in schools)
- Narrow ruled (for compact handwriting)
- Graph-lined (for math or technical drawings)
- Dotted or dashed lines (for handwriting practice)
Why Use Lined Paper?
Lined paper templates are very useful and can be used in many ways.
- Note-taking: Students or professionals use it to record lectures, meeting notes, or ideas in an organized way.
- Writing practice: Good for improving handwriting, spacing, and consistency.
- Journals or diaries: Many people like to have clean, lined pages for journaling or personal writing.
- Letters or drafts: When drafting letters, essays, or manuscripts, lined paper gives structure.
- Record keeping: Use for logs, registers, or any place you need readable, organized entries.
Ruled (lined) paper has been a standard for writing for many years.
Lined Paper Template Generator
This free online lined paper template generator allows you to set various options and then produce a printable lined-page file in PDF format. It is especially useful when you don’t want or can’t find exactly the kind of lined sheet you want. Here’s how it works:
Choose your settings
- Line spacing (e.g. narrow lines, wide lines)
- Line thickness (how dark or thin the lines are)
- Page size (Letter, A4, etc.)
- Margins (top, bottom, left, right)
- Line/margin color (light gray, blue, black, etc.)
- Orientation (portrait or landscape)
Preview & adjust
- You can see a a live preview so you can see what the lined sheet will look like before finalizing.
- You can tweak the settings until it matches your preference.
Download or print
- The generator gives you a PDF file you can download, save and print.
- Use it with your home printer or a printing shop as needed.
