Newsprint is a certain weight of drawing paper:
https://www.amazon.com/Newsprint-Pap...&node=12898201
No ink on it unless you add it. I have a pad for messing around with rulers.
When the first computerized sewing machines came out, we used to use adding machine tape until Sew Perfect came out. This was a fabric stiffener that washed out. If you want a liquid, dissolve some washaway stabilizer in water. You can spritz it on.