How to use it
- Pick A4 or Letter, portrait or landscape and the units.
- Enter the square size and the margin. Set a heavier line every N squares, or 0 for none.
- Check the preview, then press Download PDF or print the preview directly.
How it works
The usable area is the page minus the margins. The tool fits as many whole squares as it can in each direction, centres that block on the page and draws one line per square edge. Every Nth line is drawn thicker and darker; the rest are thin and lighter.
Example
A4 portrait, 5 mm squares and a 10 mm margin: the usable area is 190 × 277 mm, which fits 38 columns and 55 rows. That is 39 vertical and 56 horizontal lines.
Tips
- For engineering notes try 5 mm squares with a heavier line every 5 squares (25 mm).
- Print at 100% or “actual size”: scaling to fit changes the square size.