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.
Line Spacing
Line Thickness
Page Margin
Color
Orientation
Paper Size
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.
