college ruled

Lined paper type

College ruled describes lined paper with narrower spacing between horizontal lines than standard ruled paper—typically about 7 millimeters apart.

The tighter lines allow more writing per page, suiting the denser note-taking of older students: I prefer college ruled notebooks for lecture notes.

The name distinguishes it from wide ruled paper, which elementary students often use.

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line spacing width

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Paper with broadly spaced lines

paper format type

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Lacking inner layer

blank · graph paper · grid paper · dot grid · unruled

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