12 Inch (1ft) Ruler — PDF Download

A full 12 inch ruler, built at exact physical scale in the PDF itself. Since 12in is longer than a US Letter sheet, it's tiled across 2 pages with alignment marks — trim and tape them together.

Preview of the 12 inch printable ruler PDF

Paper: US Letter · 2 sheets, tape together · alignment marks included

⬇ Download PDF Customize Length & Units Instead
Before printing: open the PDF's print dialog and set Scale to 100% / "Actual size" — never "Fit to page" — or the ruler will print undersized. After printing, cut along the dashed line on sheet 1 and align it with the "0" mark continuation on sheet 2 before taping.

Why 2 sheets?

US Letter paper is 11in tall / 8.5in wide, so a 12in ruler simply doesn't fit on one sheet without shrinking it — which would make it inaccurate. Tiling across 2 sheets with matching alignment marks keeps the full 12.0in length exact once taped together.

Need a different length or unit? Use the custom ruler builder, which handles tiling automatically for any length, or browse the other ready-made PDF rulers.