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writing kanji on ruled paper

#1
I've just started (and suprised that I've remembered the first 20). I try writing the kanji on normal notebook paper and for the first set it was simple. But when I got to 吾 and 冒, I realized that my college ruled paper is just too small to write them large enough for me to read. I can see that after a while one would get used to writing them that small but I need to write them large enough that I can read them. 日 and 目 look really similar when they are writen small (at least in my hand writing). Do Japanese students use a wider ruled paper then I'm used to or should I just ignore the lines on the paper and write really large?
Edited: 2007-08-06, 7:49 pm
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#2
Graph paper is what you really want. All the kanji are designed to be writen inside squares. It's all about balance (or something!).

There was a link on here a while back to a website where you could just print of graph paper, I'll see if I can find it...

Edit: That was easy!

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=491
Edited: 2007-08-06, 11:49 pm
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#3
right now I'm using this notebook:

https://www.showa-note.co.jp/product/jap...e/jl-10-2/

I like the size of the boxes ^__^
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#4
that grid application is amazing. as I get better, I can adjust the paper to smaller blocks. thanks a bunch matt.

https://www.showa-note.co.jp/product/jap...catalogue/

and I went looking through that sight john and it helped seeing the progression of paper from huge blocks down to normal sized paper.
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