Dot Grid Paper

These are PDF templates for 5mm dot grid paper in US letter, A4, A5 and A6 formats.

Overview

Since they are in PDF format, the are useful for:

• Printing your own dot grid paper
• Templates in apps such as GoodNotes (iOS, macOS)

Several variations are included:

• Orientation: portrait and landscape
• Margin: top margin or full grid
• Color: white or "antique"

Package Contents

• dot-grid.sty - A LaTeX package which defines colors, margins, and a dot grid macro using TikZ.
• dot-grid.py - A Python script which generates the TeX files.

Usage

1. Run dot-grid.py to produce the .tex files directly into the tex directory.

2. Run pdflatex on each .tex file as needed. For example:

   for file in tex/*.tex; do pdflatex $file; done;
   

   This will create the pdfs in the root directory.

Or, simply use the included output files in the pdf directory.

Specifications

• For templates with a top margin, the first two rows of dots are omitted.

• Antique color is rgb(255, 255, 244) or #fffff4.

• Dot color is rgb(204, 204, 198) or #ccccc6.

• Dot radius is 0.254mm.