Why make your own
Store-bought notebooks come in a few fixed spacings. Making your own lets you set the spacing, margin line, header area and line color to match the job. You can print one page or twenty identical pages and use them right away.
Letters and thank-you notes
For handwritten letters, light gray lines are enough to keep text straight without looking like a school worksheet. Add a wider left margin for a cleaner look. Printing on Letter paper lets you fold it for a standard envelope.
Kids and larger handwriting
Young children need more room per line. Choose a wider custom spacing than wide ruled so letters have space to sit comfortably. Turning on a header area gives them a place to write a name and date at the top of each page.
Journaling, lyrics and calligraphy
Journalers often like narrow or college ruled spacing with a pale line color so the writing stands out. For lyric sheets, wider spacing leaves room to add chords or notes between lines. For calligraphy practice, use a much wider spacing so tall and low strokes have space, and keep the lines light so they do not distract from the pen strokes.
Light or colored lines for scanning
If you plan to scan or photograph pages, a light blue or gray line is easier to remove or ignore than black. Dark lines can make handwriting harder to read after scanning. Print a test page, scan it, and check how the lines look before you print a stack.
Add a header for name and date
A header area leaves a blank band at the top of the page. Use it for a name, date, subject or title. It is handy for classroom handouts and for anyone who files pages in a binder. The lined paper page on this site lets you turn the header on or off.
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