What's my favorite template for writing on the Remarkable tablet ?

I basically use three base templates when I'm creating stuff on the Remarkable tablet:

• Lined small: for writing, live this blog article

• Dots small: for sketching when there is not long writing involved.

• Grids small: as a base for graphs or custom templates that I create (like for my daily planner).

For writing it's just super useful to have lines otherwise my lines would be all messed up and I would need to scroll way more as I would write in a too big way.

For drawing the dots give a nice pattern to the illustrations and when you need to do straight lines (for example to draw a laptop 1 you still have some guidance.

For building my own tools, like a tracker for my runs, a reminder system, etc, it's practical to have something that helps you divide the space in rows and columns. Sometimes I use the small grid template just for the building phase, and when I then use the custom template I've created I change the background template to something lighter (live "lined small") or remove it completely.

Backstage of this article

This article was written and illustrated by hand on a refurbished Remarkable II tablet. The handwritten text was converted to typed text with the Connect Service by Remarkable. If you are curious you can download the original note below.