About This Background
This is the squared paper you know from maths and engineering notebooks: a near-white sheet (#F8FBFF) ruled with fine light blue lines (#D3E3F4) and a heavier blue line (#8DB4DD) every fifth square. In the preview each small square is 20 px and each major square is 100 px.
The minor grid is pale enough to fade into the background while you work, and the major grid gives you quick reference points for counting, measuring and lining things up.
Tidy, studious and practical, like a fresh page in a lab notebook.
View in Full Screen
Open it fullscreen and turn the brightness up to use your screen as a light box with a built-in grid, or leave it at normal brightness as a planning surface behind floating windows.
Tracing, pixel art and lettering practice, layout planning, and checking monitor geometry.
Look along the major lines toward the edges. On a well-set-up monitor or projector they stay straight and evenly spaced; bowing or squeezing shows a geometry or scaling problem.
How to Use This Background
Tracing and lettering practice
Lay thin paper over the screen and use the grid to keep letters, sketches and diagrams square.
Monitor geometry and scaling check
Uneven squares reveal non-native resolutions, overscan on TVs and keystone errors on projectors.
Desk wallpaper for makers
A calm grid behind your icons suits engineers, designers and students.
Choosing the Right Background
Choose graph paper when you need straight reference lines; choose a plain color when you only need light.
Dark icon labels and black text read clearly; the grid is too light to compete with them.
For a plain bright sheet without lines, use the White Background or the fullscreen White Screen.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What size are the squares?
In the preview each small square is 20 × 20 px, grouped into 100 px major squares (5 × 5). Downloads scale the grid with the image so it looks the same at 1080p and 4K.
Can I print it?
Yes. Download the PNG and print it to fit the page. Printed square size depends on the paper size and scaling, so it is not a precise millimetre grid.
Can I check my monitor for distortion with it?
Yes. Straight, evenly spaced lines across the whole screen mean the image is not being stretched. Bent or uneven lines usually mean scaling, overscan or projector keystone settings need adjusting.