Stencil for drawing a page of lines

[Judybug]

I'm looking for stencils for drawing lines to write on. This would be useful for drawing lines on notecards that are too heavy to see a guide sheet through. I've seen the "journaling templates" that are sold for scrapbooking. They have lines within little brackets or shapes, but doesn't anybody make a page-size line stencil/template? When I google this, I get links to the scrapbooking templates. Does anybody know where I can get a page-size line stencil?

 

Judybug

[mr mobius]

I always make my own, that way you can have what ever line width is your preferance as well as what ever dimensions you need for each particular notebook.... takes 5 minutes. Get creative ! I must confess I draw my lines with a Bic biro

 

Moby

[Judybug]

I always make my own, that way you can have what ever line width is your preferance as well as what ever dimensions you need for each particular notebook.... takes 5 minutes. Get creative ! I must confess I draw my lines with a Bic biro

 

Moby

 

Have you made your own stencil or are you just drawing each line with a ruler and your Bic biro? I've been drawing each line with a ruler, but that takes time. A full page stencil of lines would be much faster. If you have made your own stencil, please - more details! What material did you use for the stencil and how did you cut it?

 

Judybug

[hardyb]

This may help:

 

http://www.printablepaper.net/category/calligraphy

[Judybug]

This may help:

 

http://www.printablepaper.net/category/calligraphy

 

Yes, this is a fantastic website if you want to print your own lined writing paper. But I want to be able to quickly draw uniformly spaced lines on notecards that I already have - so a full page stencil would do the trick - if only I can locate one.

 

Judybug

[macaddicted]

I sell LawTech writing templates in my store. They may fit your needs. Probably best to order online.

Edited May 18, 2010 by macaddicted

[Frazer]

In engineering school we used a 'lettering triangle' for drawing faint, erasable guidelines. It is a drafting triangle with small sets of holes. You set the triangle on a straight edge, put the point of a drafting pencil in the appropriate hole, draw (pull) the triangle across the paper on the straight edge, move the pencil point to the next hole and draw the triangle back across the straight edge, etc., etc. It's a back and forth process, and if I recall correctly, you can get a half dozen lines or so before you have to move the straight edge.

 

A little labor intensive maybe, but very versatile. Most triangles like this will have several choices of spacing sizes. If you can pick one up at a B & M store that sells drafting supplies they can show you the options and how easy it can be.

[Chthulhu]

That would be an Alvin Lettering Guide, but it works best with a t-square. It's the first item here: http://www.alvinco.com/shopping/default_sale_0_cat_21

 

Go to page 9, though, and you'll find some lettering aids of the type you're after: http://www.alvinco.com/shopping/default_sale_0_cat_21_page_9

[mr mobius]

 

Have you made your own stencil or are you just drawing each line with a ruler and your Bic biro? I've been drawing each line with a ruler, but that takes time. A full page stencil of lines would be much faster. If you have made your own stencil, please - more details! What material did you use for the stencil and how did you cut it?

 

Judybug

 

 

I drew the thickness of lines I wanted on a sheet of thin card and cut it to the size of my n ote books, different ones for different brands, then I laminated it and with good behaviour should last for a good few years.

 

Moby

[Sproctor]

 

These days I always use my Alvin Lettering Guide... before that, I used Transparent Underliners while using blank paper. With the underliners, one didn't need to actually have the lines on the page... but you could see the lines for spacing purposes because the underliner lines showed up through the page from underneath... if that made any sense at all. I guess a guy could use a light table or something, if the paper was too thick to see the lines through. The nice thing about the underliners was that there were many different line heights in the package that one could use. Maybe 6, I think.

 

Very Best Regards,

Stephen