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Handwriting Worksheet: Words to Trace and Practise
Make a printable handwriting sheet from words or a sentence, with dotted outlines, plain outlines or light grey letters, four-line guides, blank practice rows and an optional name and date header.
Handwriting Worksheet: Words to Trace and Practise: Loads the bundled IBM Plex Sans font before measuring text and laying it out on A4 or Letter paper. Long words wrap to fit, each tracing row is followed by a blank practice row, and extra content continues on another page. SVG letters use a dashed stroke with no fill in dotted mode. Runs 100% locally in your browser with zero server file uploads.
- Category
- School & study tools
- Runs
- In your browser
- Cost
- Free · no sign-up
- Availability
- Ready to use
Runs entirely in your browser
Each tracing line is followed by a blank practice line. IBM Plex Sans supports Latin lettering; other scripts may use a fallback font. Guides mark ascenders, x-height, baseline and descenders. Letters vary in their proportions.
Loading the local tracing font…
IBM Plex Sans · SIL Open Font Licence 1.1. Text stays in your browser. Font licence
Font licence
IBM Plex Sans is already bundled with this site. Licence: /fonts/OFL-IBM-Plex.txt. No external font service is used.
Page layout
A4 is 210 × 297 mm; Letter is 215.9 × 279.4 mm. This worksheet uses 15 mm margins, a 12 mm optional header area and guide heights from 8 to 30 mm. These are layout settings, not a handwriting curriculum.
How to use it
- Type the words or sentence to practise.
- Choose letter size, repeats, case, tracing style and paper size.
- Check the SVG preview and print at actual size.
Privacy & limitations
Text is measured and drawn in your browser. Only the bundled local font files are loaded; nothing is uploaded.
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Frequently asked questions
How should I print it?
Select the matching paper size, print at 100% or actual size, and turn off the browser's headers and footers. The print view uses the same SVG pages as the preview.
What are the four guides?
The top guide marks ascenders, the dashed guide marks x-height, the stronger guide marks the baseline and the bottom guide marks descenders. Letter proportions vary.
Which font is used?
The existing IBM Plex Sans regular font, licensed under the SIL Open Font Licence 1.1. It supports Latin lettering; other scripts may use a fallback font.
Can I print blank practice paper?
Yes. Leave the text empty and choose the size and repeats.
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