creating a dotted paper pdf
You can use the background
package (\Step
gives the size for the grid):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{background}
\def\Step{1cm}
\tikzset{dotted lines/.style={black, loosely dotted, thick}}
\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
position={current page.north west},
contents={
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\draw[dotted lines,step=\Step,help lines]
(current page.south west) grid (current page.north east);
\end{tikzpicture}
}
}
\begin{document}
\mbox{}
\clearpage
\mbox
\end{document}
For a document with many pages, drawing the grid might be too resource consuming; an option is to first create the grid and then use the background
package to place it using a standard \includegraphics
:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{background}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
color=black,
contents={\includegraphics{grid}}
}
\begin{document}
\mbox{}
\clearpage
\mbox
\end{document}
where the used grid
image was produced by
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=0pt]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\def\Step{1cm}
\def\MyDot{\scalebox{1.75}{.}}
\def\Dotbox{\hbox to \Step{\smash{\MyDot}\hfil}}
\def\DotPattern{%
\hbox to \paperwidth{\leaders\Dotbox\hfill}\kern-.4mm
\vbox to \Step{\offinterlineskip\leaders\hbox to \paperwidth{\leaders\Dotbox\hfill}\vfill}
\nointerlineskip\hbox to \paperwidth{\leaders\Dotbox\hfill}%
}
\def\DotGrid{\par\leaders\vbox{\DotPattern}\vfill}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\mbox{}\DotGrid
\end{document}
\Step
controls the size of the "grid" and changing the scaling factor for \MyDot
gives control over the sixe of the dot used.
Another tikz
version with background
. Speed concerns are taken over by the use of box
es.
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{background}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings,calc}
\def\Step{0.5} %% separation between dots
\def\Size{1.5pt} %% radius of the dot
\def\Toty{60} %% adjust
\def\Totx{50} %% adjust
\newsavebox{\mybox}
\sbox{\mybox}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture]
\foreach \y in {1,2,...,\Toty}{
\foreach \x in {1,2,...,\Totx}
\draw[fill=black,opacity=0.3,shift={(\Step*\x cm,\Step*\y cm)}] (0,) circle[radius=\Size];
}%
\end{tikzpicture}
}%
\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
position={current page.center},
contents={%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\node at (current page.center) {\usebox\mybox};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}%
}%
\begin{document}
\mbox{}
\clearpage
\mbox{}
\end{document}
This is bit slower than earlier and using decoration
s:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{background}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings,calc}
\def\Step{0.02} %% vertical separation between dots
\def\Size{1pt} %% radius of the dot
\def\Toty{50} %% inverse of \Step i.e., 1/\Step
\tikzset{
decoration={%
markings,
mark=between positions \Step and 1 step \Step with {
\draw[fill=black,opacity=0.3] (0,0) circle[radius=\Size];
},
}
}
\newsavebox{\mybox}
\sbox{\mybox}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture]
\foreach \y in {1,2,...,\Toty}{
\path[decorate] ($(current page.north west)!\y*\Step!(current page.south west)$) -- ($(current page.north east)!\y*\Step!(current page.south east)$);
}%
\end{tikzpicture}
}%
\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
position={current page.north west},
contents={%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\node at (current page.center) {\usebox\mybox};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}%
}%
\begin{document}
\mbox{}
\clearpage
\mbox{}
\end{document}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multido}
\usepackage[margin=0pt]{geometry}
\unitlength=1mm
\begin{document}
\vbox to 0pt{\leavevmode\multido{\iC=0+5}{50}{\multido{\iR=0+5}{55}{\put(\iC,\iR){\circle*{0.1}}}}}
\end{document}