college-ruled

Standard notebook spacing

College-ruled describes paper with horizontal lines spaced about 7 millimeters apart, narrower than wide-ruled paper.

The tighter spacing suits smaller handwriting and is standard for high school and college notebooks: I prefer college-ruled paper for taking notes.

Also called medium-ruled.

paper

notebook

Blank pages for jottings

binder · filler · steno · notepad · perforated · graph · lined · margin · ream · pad

writing

penmanship

Skill of forming letters

script · ink · ballpoint · pencil · graphite · eraser · neatness · legibility · spacing · lines

note-taking

outline

Summary of key elements

bullet-points · margins · shorthand · review · flashcards · highlighting · underlining · organizing

student

homework

Student assignments for outside class

  • assignmentAllocated work or duty
  • essayShort argumentative prose work
  • examFormal knowledge assessment

studying · classroom · backpack · school · undergraduate · dorm · freshman · syllabus · coursework

Opposites
line spacing width

college-ruledblank

Without marks or content

graph paper · grid paper · unlined · unruled · dot grid

Family

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