Genkō yōshi
[[File:Genkoyoshi.svg|right|thumb|230px|Use of genkō yōshi (400 square sheet shown):1. Title on 1st line, first character in 4th square.2. Author's name on 2nd line: 1 square between family name and given name, and 1 empty square below3. First sentence of the essay begins on the 3rd line, 2nd square. Each new paragraph begins on the 2nd square4. Subheadings have 1 empty line before and after, and begin on the 3rd square of a new line5'''. Punctuation marks have their own square, except when they would occur at the top of a line. In that case they share a square with the last character of the previous line]]