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| [[File:A size illustration2 with letter and legal.svg|thumb|right|A size chart illustrating the ISO A series and a comparison with American letter and legal formats.]]
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| [[File:Comparison paper sizes.svg|thumb|Comparison of some paper and photographic paper sizes close to the A4 size.]]
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| Many '''paper size''' standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries. Today there is one widespread international [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] standard (including A4, B3, C4, etc.) and a local standard used in [[North America]] (including letter, legal, ledger, etc.). The paper sizes affect writing paper, [[stationery]], cards, and some printed documents. The standards also have related sizes for [[envelope]]s.
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| ==Grain==
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| Most industry standards express the direction of the grain last when giving dimensions (that is, 17×11 inches is short grain paper and 11×17 inches is long grain paper), although alternatively the grain alignment can be explicitly indicated with an underline (<u>11</u>×17 is short grain) or the letter "M" for "machine" (11M×17 is short grain). Grain is important because paper will crack if folded across the grain: for example, if a sheet 17×11 inches is to be folded to divide the sheet into two 8.5×11 halves, then the grain should be along the 11-inch side.<ref name="xerox-grain">{{cite web
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| | url = http://www.xerox.com/printer-supplies/paper-stock/paper-grain/enus.html
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| | title = Paper Grain & Smoothness: Don't Go Against the Grain
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| | publisher = [[Xerox]] Corp.
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| | accessdate = 2013-05-10
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| | quote = A paper mill may indicate paper grain on carton and ream labels, product brochures, swatch books and price lists in several ways:
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| 1. You may see the words Grain Long or Grain Short.
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| 2. The dimension parallel to the grain may be underscored. For example, 8.5x<u>11</u> indicates long grain, while <u>11</u>x17 indicates short grain.
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| 3. "M" may be used to indicate machine direction, for example, 11Mx17 indicates short grain.
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| Fold paper parallel to the grain direction. Paper folded against the grain may be rough and crack along the folded edge. The heavier the paper, the more likely roughness and cracking will occur.
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| }}</ref> Paper intended to be fed into a machine that will bend the paper around rollers, such as a [[printing press]], [[photocopier]], or [[typewriter]], should be fed grain side first so that the axis of the rollers is along the grain.
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| ==The international standard: ISO 216==
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| {{Main|ISO 216}}
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| See [[Switching barriers|switching cost]]s, [[network effect]]s and [[standardization]] for possible reasons for differing regional adoption rates of the ISO standard sizes.
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| ===A series===
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| The international paper size standard, ISO 216, is based on the German [[Deutsches Institut für Normung|DIN]] 476 standard for paper sizes. ISO paper sizes are all based on a single [[aspect ratio (image)|aspect ratio]] of [[square root of 2]], or approximately 1:1.4142. The base A0 size of paper is defined to have an area of 1 m{{sup|2}}. Rounded to millimetres, the A0 paper size is {{convert|841|x|1189|mm|in}}.
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| Successive paper sizes in the series A1, A2, A3, and so forth, are defined by halving the preceding paper size across the larger dimension. The most frequently used paper size is A4 measuring {{convert|210|x|297|mm|in}}.
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| The significant advantage of this system is its scaling: if a sheet with an aspect ratio of <math>\sqrt{2}</math> is divided into two equal halves parallel to its shortest sides, then the halves will again have an aspect ratio of <math>\sqrt{2}</math>. Folded brochures of any size can be made by using sheets of the next larger size, e.g. A4 sheets are folded to make A5 brochures. The system allows scaling without compromising the [[aspect ratio]] from one size to another—as provided by office photocopiers, e.g. enlarging A4 to A3 or reducing A3 to A4. Similarly, two sheets of A4 can be scaled down and fit exactly 1 sheet without any cutoff or margins.
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| The behavior of the aspect ratio is easily proven: Let <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> be the long side and the short side of the paper respectively. The imposed initial condition is that <math>a/b=\sqrt{2}</math>, let <math>c</math> be the length of the long side after folding it in half. That is <math>c=a/2</math>, if we take the ratio of the newly folded paper we have that:
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| <math>
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| \frac{b}{c}=\frac{b}{\frac{a}{2}}=\frac{2}{\frac{a}{b}}=\frac{2}{\sqrt{2}}=\sqrt{2}
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| Therefore the aspect ratio is preserved for the new dimensions of the folded paper.
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| [[Paper density#Basis Weight|Weight]]s are easy to calculate as well: a standard A4 sheet made from 80 g/m{{sup|2}} paper weighs 5 g (as it is one 16th of an A0 page, measuring 1 m{{sup|2}}), allowing one to easily compute the weight—and associated postage rate—by counting the number of sheets used.
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| The advantages of basing a paper size upon an aspect ratio of <math>\sqrt{2}</math> were first noted in 1786 by the [[Germany|German]] scientist and philosopher [[Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/lichtenberg-letter.html |title=Lichtenberg’s letter to Johann Beckmann |publisher=Cl.cam.ac.uk |date=2006-02-07 |accessdate=2012-01-30}}</ref> Early in the 20th century, Dr Walter Porstmann turned Lichtenberg's idea into a proper system of different paper sizes. Porstmann's system was introduced as a DIN standard (DIN 476) in [[Germany]] in 1922, replacing a vast variety of other paper formats. Even today the paper sizes are called "DIN A4" ({{IPA-de|diːn.ʔaː.fiːɐ̯|IPA}}) in everyday use in Germany and Austria. The term ''[[Lichtenberg ratio]]'' has recently been proposed for this paper aspect ratio.
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| According to some theorists, ISO 216 sizes are generally too tall and narrow for book production (see: [[Canons of page construction]]). European book publishers typically use metricated traditional page sizes for book production{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}.
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| The DIN 476 standard spread quickly to other countries. Before the outbreak of [[World War II]], it had been adopted by the following countries:
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| * [[Belgium]] (1924)
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| * [[Netherlands]] (1925)
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| * [[Norway]] (1926)
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| {{col-2-of-3}}
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| * [[Finland]] (1927)
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| * [[Switzerland]] (1929)
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| * [[Sweden]] (1930)
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| {{col-3-of-3}}
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| * [[Soviet Union]] (1934)
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| * [[Hungary]] (1938)
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| * [[Italy]] (1939)
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| During World War II, the standard was adopted by [[Uruguay]] (1942), [[Argentina]] (1943) and [[Brazil]] (1943), and afterwards spread to other countries:
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| * [[Spain]] (1947)
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| * [[Austria]] (1948)
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| * [[Iran]] (1948)
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| * [[Romania]] (1949)
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| * [[Japan]] (1951)
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| * [[Denmark]] (1953)
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| * [[Czechoslovakia]] (1953)
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| * [[Israel]] (1954)
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| * [[Portugal]] (1954)
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| * [[Yugoslavia]] (1956)
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| * [[India]] (1957)
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| * [[Poland]] (1957)
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| * [[United Kingdom]] (1959)
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| * [[Republic of Ireland]] (1959)
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| * [[Venezuela]] (1962)
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| * [[New Zealand]] (1963)
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| * [[Iceland]] (1964)
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| * [[Mexico]] (1965)
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| * [[South Africa]] (1966)
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| * [[France]] (1967)
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| * [[Peru]] (1967)
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| * [[Turkey]] (1967)
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| * [[Chile]] (1968)
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| * [[Greece]] (1970)
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| * [[Rhodesia]] (now [[Zimbabwe]]) (1970)
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| * [[Singapore]] (1970)
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| * [[Bangladesh]] (1972)
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| * [[Thailand]] (1973)
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| * [[Barbados]] (1973)
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| * [[Australia]] (1974)
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| * [[Ecuador]] (1974)
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| * [[Colombia]] (1975)
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| * [[Kuwait]] (1975)
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| By 1975 so many countries were using the German system that it was established as an [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] standard, as well as the official [[United Nations]] document format. By 1977 A4 was the standard letter format in 88 of 148 countries. Today the standard has been adopted by all countries in the world except the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. In [[Mexico]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Chile]] and the [[Philippines]] the [[Letter (paper size)|US letter]] format is still in common use, despite their official adoption of the ISO standard.
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| ===B series===
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| [[File:B size illustration2.svg|thumb|right|A size chart illustrating the ISO B series.]]
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| In addition to the A series, there is a less common B series. The area of B series sheets is the [[geometric mean]] of successive A series sheets. So, B1 is between A0 and A1 in size, with an area of 0.707 m{{sup|2}} (<math>\sqrt{1/2}</math> m{{sup|2}}). As a result, B0 is 1 metre wide, and other sizes in the B series are a half, a quarter or further fractions of a metre wide. While less common in office use, it is used for a variety of special situations. Many posters use B-series paper or a close approximation, such as 50 cm × 70 cm; B5 is a relatively common choice for books. The B series is also used for [[envelope]]s and [[passport]]s. The B-series is widely used in the [[printing]] industry to describe both paper sizes and [[printing press]] sizes, including [[Digital printing|digital presses]]. B3 paper is used to print two US letter or A4 pages side by side using [[imposition]]; four pages would be printed on B2, eight on B1, etc.
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| ===C series===
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| [[File:C size illustration2.svg|thumb|right|A size chart illustrating the ISO C series.]]
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| The C series is used only for envelopes and is defined in ISO 269. The area of C series sheets is the geometric mean of the areas of the A and B series sheets of the same number; for instance, the area of a C4 sheet is the geometric mean of the areas of an A4 sheet and a B4 sheet. This means that C4 is slightly larger than A4, and B4 slightly larger than C4. The practical usage of this is that a letter written on A4 paper fits inside a C4 envelope, and C4 paper fits inside a B4 envelope.
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| !colspan="2"| C series<ref>[http://www.papersizes.org/c-envelope-sizes.htm Dimensions Of The C Envelope Sizes - C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10 - Plus DL Envelope Size<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| | 1000 × 1414|| 39.37 × 55.67
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| | 917 × 1297|| 36.10 × 51.06
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| | 707 × 1000|| 27.83 × 39.37
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| | 648 × 917|| 25.51 × 36.10
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| ! 2
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| | 420 × 594|| 16.54 × 23.39
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| | 500 × 707|| 19.69 × 27.83
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| | 458 × 648|| 18.03 × 25.51
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| | 297 × 420|| 11.69 × 16.54
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| | 353 × 500|| 13.90 × 19.69
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| | 324 × 458|| 12.76 × 18.03
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| ! 4
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| | 210 × 297|| 8.27 × 11.69
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| | 250 × 353|| 9.84 × 13.90
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| | 229 × 324|| 9.02 × 12.76
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| | 176 × 250|| 6.93 × 9.84
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| | 162 × 229|| 6.38 × 9.02
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| | 125 × 176|| 4.92 × 6.93
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| | 114 × 162|| 4.49 × 6.38
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| | 88 × 125|| 3.46 × 4.92
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| | 81 × 114|| 3.19 × 4.49
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| | 57 × 81|| 2.24 × 3.19
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| | 44 × 62|| 1.73 × 2.44
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| | 40 × 57|| 1.57 × 2.24
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| The [[tolerances]] specified in the standard are
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| * ±3 mm (0.12 in) for any dimension above 600 mm (23.6 in).
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| ===German extensions===
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| The German standard '''DIN 476''' was published in 1922 and is the original specification of the A and B sizes. It differs in two details from its international successor:
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| DIN 476 provides an extension to formats larger than A0, denoted by a prefix factor. In particular, it lists the two formats 2A0, which is twice the area of A0, and 4A0, which is four times A0:
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| DIN 476 also specifies slightly tighter tolerances:
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| * ±1.5 mm (0.06 in) for lengths in the range 150 mm to 600 mm (5.9 to 23.6 in) and
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| ===Swedish extensions===
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| [[File:Comparison SIS 014711 paper sizes.svg|thumb|200px|Comparison of ISO 216 and Swedish standard SIS 014711 paper sizes between A4 and A3 sizes.]]
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| The Swedish standard SS 014711<ref name=ss014711>{{cite web|title=Papper - Formatserier A-G|url=http://www.sis.se/pappersteknik/pappersprodukter/ss-14711|work=Svensk standard|publisher=Swedish Standards Institute|accessdate=30 October 2013}}</ref> generalized the ISO system of A, B, and C formats by adding D, E, F, and G formats to it. Its D format sits between a B format and the next larger A format (just like C sits between A and the next larger B). The remaining formats fit in between all these formats, such that the sequence of formats A4, E4, C4, G4, B4, F4, D4, ''H4'', A3 is a [[geometric progression]], in which the dimensions grow by a factor 2<sup>1/16</sup> from one size to the next. However, the SIS 014711 standard does not define any size between a D format and the next larger A format (called H in the previous example). Of these additional formats, G5 (169 × 239 mm) and E5 (155 × 220 mm) are popular in Sweden for printing dissertations,<ref>{{Cite journal | url = http://ki.se/content/1/c6/05/90/62/Typography_en.pdf | publisher = Karolinska University press | title = Print format for dissertations}}</ref> but the other formats have not turned out to be particularly useful in practice and they have not been adopted internationally.
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| ===Japanese B-series variant===
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| The [[Japanese Industrial Standards|JIS]] defines two main series of paper sizes. The JIS A-series is identical to the ISO A-series, but with slightly different tolerances. The area of B-series paper is 1.5 times that of the corresponding A-paper (instead of the factor 1.414... for the ISO B-series), so the length ratio is approximately 1.22 times the length of the corresponding A-series paper. The aspect ratio of the paper is the same as for A-series paper. Both A- and B-series paper is widely available in [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]] and [[China]], and most photocopiers are loaded with at least A4 and either one of A3, B4 and B5 paper.
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| There are also a number of traditional paper sizes, which are now used mostly by printers. The most common of these old series are the Shiroku-ban and the Kiku paper sizes.
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| | 264 × 379|| 10.39 × 14.92
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| | 227 × 306|| 8.94 × 12.05
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| | 189 × 262|| 7.44 × 10.31
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| ! 10
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| ===Colombian common sizes naming===
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| The most common paper sizes used for commercial and industrial printing in Colombia are close to the ISO B1, B2 and B3 and are referred to as ''pliego'', ''{{frac|1|2}} pliego'' and ''{{frac|1|4}} pliego'' respectively. The "Arch B" size is known as ''extratabloide''.
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| In commercial and academic typesetting, the most common paper size is ''carta'', equivalent to US Letter (8.5" by 11"). In legal papers ''oficio'' is used equivalent to 8.5" by 13" which is shorter than US Legal.
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| | 500 × 700
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| ! {{frac|1|4}} pliego
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| ! Carta
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| | 216 × 279
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| ! Oficio
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| | 216 × 330
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| ! Extra Tabloide
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| ==North American paper sizes==
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| ===Loose sizes===
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| The U.S., Canada and Mexico use a different system of paper sizes compared to the rest of the world. The current standard sizes are unique to that continent (though with globalisation other parts of the world have become increasingly familiar with them). The traditional North American inch-based sizes differ from the those [[#Traditional_inch-based_paper_sizes|described below]]. "Letter", "legal", "ledger", and "tabloid" are by far the most commonly used of these for everyday activities. The origins of the exact dimensions of "letter" size paper ({{convert|8+1/2|×|11|in|mm|1|abbr=on|disp=or}}) are lost in tradition and not well documented. The American Forest and Paper Association argues that the dimension originates from the days of manual paper making, and that the 11 inch length of the page is about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms."<ref name=US>{{cite web
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| |url= http://afandpa.org/paper.aspx?id=511
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| |title= Why is the standard paper size in the U.S. 8½" x 11"?
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| |accessdate= 2009-08-04
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| |author= American Forest and Paper Association
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| }}</ref> However, this does not explain the width or aspect ratio. Outside of North America, Letter size is also known as "American Quarto"<ref>{{cite web
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| |url= http://www.dimensionsguide.com/junior-legal-paper-size/
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| |title= Additional Facts and Other Interesting Details
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| }}</ref> and the size is indeed almost exactly one quarter of the old Imperial (British) paper size known as Demy 4to (17½"×22½"), allowing ½" for trimming.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fyffe |first=Charles |title=Basic Copyfitting |publisher=Studio Vista |year=1969 |location=London |isbn=0-289-79705-5 |page=74}}</ref>
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| ! Size
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| ! in × in || mm × mm
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| ! [[Letter (paper size)|Letter]]
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| | 8.5 × 11 || 215.9 × 279.4
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| | P4: 215 × 280
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| ! Government-Letter
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| | 8.0 × 10.5 || 203.2 × 266.7
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| ! Legal
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| | 8.5 × 14 || 215.9 × 355.6
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| ! [[Junior Legal (paper size)|Junior Legal]]
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| | 8.0 × 5.0 || 203.2 × 127
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| ! [[Ledger]]<ref name="PPD">{{cite web
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| | last = Adobe Systems Incorporated
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| | authorlink = Adobe Systems
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| | publication-date = February 9, 1996
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| | title = PostScript Printer Description File Format Specification
| |
| | edition = 4.3
| |
| | location = [[San Jose, California]]
| |
| | page = 191
| |
| | url = http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/5003.PPD_Spec_v4.3.pdf
| |
| | accessdate = 2008-03-06
| |
| | postscript = <!--None-->
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| }}</ref>
| |
| | 17 × 11 || 432 × 279
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Tabloid
| |
| | 11 × 17 || 279 × 432
| |
| |}
| |
| | |
| There is an additional paper size, to which the name "government-letter" was given by the [[IEEE]] [[Printer Working Group]]: the {{convert|8|×|10+1/2|in|mm|1|abbr=on}} paper that is used in the United States and Canada for children's writing. It was prescribed by [[Herbert Hoover]] when he was [[Secretary of Commerce]] to be used for U.S. government forms, apparently to enable discounts from the purchase of paper for schools, but more likely due to the standard use of trimming books (after binding) and paper from the standard letter size paper to produce consistency and allow "bleed" printing. In later years, as photocopy machines proliferated, citizens wanted to make photocopies of the forms, but the machines did not generally have this size paper in their bins. [[Ronald Reagan]] therefore had the U.S. government switch to regular letter size ({{convert|8+1/2|×|11|in|mm|1|abbr=on|disp=or}}).<ref name=US/> The {{convert|8|×|10+1/2|in|mm|1|abbr=on}} size is still commonly used in spiral-bound [[notebook]]s and the like, a result of trimming from the current letter dimensions.
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| | |
| U.S. paper sizes are currently standard in the United States, the Philippines and Chile. The latter two use U.S. "letter", but the Philippine and Chilean "legal" size is {{convert|8+1/2|×|13|in|mm|1|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web
| |
| |url= http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=91260
| |
| |title= Request for inclusion of Page Size 8.5"x13"
| |
| |accessdate= 2008-08-11
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| |author= Rally de Leon
| |
| }}</ref> ISO sizes are available, but not widely used, in both the U.S. and the Philippines.
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| | |
| In [[Canada]], U.S. paper sizes are a de facto standard. The government, however, uses a combination of ISO paper sizes, and CAN 2-9.60M "Paper Sizes for Correspondence" specifies P1 through P6 paper sizes, which are the U.S. paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm.<ref>{{cite web
| |
| |url= http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
| |
| |title= International standard paper sizes
| |
| |accessdate= 2008-03-06
| |
| |last= Kuhn
| |
| |first= Markus
| |
| }}</ref><ref>
| |
| [http://www.paper-sizes.com/north-american-paper-sizes/canadian-paper-sizes "Canadian standard CAN 2-9.60M paper sizes"]
| |
| </ref>
| |
| | |
| [[Mexico]] has adopted the ISO standard, but U.S. "letter" format is still the system in use throughout the country. It is virtually impossible to encounter ISO standard papers in day-to-day uses, with "Carta 216 mm × 279 mm" (letter), "Oficio 216 mm × 340 mm" (Government-Legal) and "Doble carta" (ledger/tabloid) being nearly universal. U.S. sizes are also widespread and in common use in Colombia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armada.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=251610&download=Y |title=Armada mil |date= |accessdate=2010-12-12}}</ref>
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| | |
| ====ANSI paper sizes====
| |
| [[File:ANSI size illustration2.svg|thumb|right|A size chart illustrating the ANSI sizes.]]
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| In 1996, the [[American National Standards Institute]] adopted [[ANSI/ASME Y14.1]] which defined a regular series of paper sizes based upon the ''de facto'' standard {{convert|8+1/2|×|11|in|mm|1|abbr=on}} "letter" size which it assigned "ANSI A". This series also includes "ledger"/"tabloid" as "ANSI B". This series is somewhat similar to the ISO standard in that cutting a sheet in half would produce two sheets of the next smaller size. Unlike the ISO standard, however, the arbitrary aspect ratio forces this series to have two alternating aspect ratios. To wit, "Letter" (8½" × 11", or ANSI A) is less elongated than A4, while "Ledger/Tabloid" (11" × 17", or ANSI B) is more elongated than A3. The ANSI series is shown below.
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| | |
| With care, documents can be prepared so that the text and images fit on either ANSI or their equivalent ISO sheets at 1:1 reproduction scale.
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| | |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Name
| |
| ! in × in !! mm × mm !! Ratio !! Alias !! Similar ISO A size
| |
| |-
| |
| !ANSI A
| |
| | 8.5 × 11 || 216 × 279 || 1.2941 || Letter || A4
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| |-
| |
| !ANSI B
| |
| | 11 × 17 || 279 × 432 || 1.5455 || Ledger<ref name="PPD"/><br>Tabloid || A3
| |
| |-
| |
| !ANSI C
| |
| | 17 × 22 || 432 × 559 || 1.2941 || || A2
| |
| |-
| |
| !ANSI D
| |
| | 22 × 34 || 559 × 864 || 1.5455 || || A1
| |
| |-
| |
| !ANSI E
| |
| | 34 × 44 || 864 × 1118|| 1.2941 || || A0
| |
| |}
| |
| | |
| Other, larger sizes continuing the alphabetic series illustrated above exist, but it should be noted that they are not part of the series ''per se'', because they do not exhibit the same aspect ratios. For example, Engineering F size ({{convert|28|×|40|in|mm|1|abbr=on|disp=or}}) also exists and is commonly required for [[NAVFAC]] drawings, but is generally less commonly used, as are G, H, ... N size drawings. G size is {{convert|22+1/2|in|mm|1|abbr=on}} high, but variable width up to {{convert|90|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} in increments of {{convert|8+1/2|in|mm|1|abbr=on}}, i.e., roll format. H and larger letter sizes are also roll formats. Such sheets were at one time used for full-scale layouts of aircraft parts, wiring harnesses and the like, but are slowly being phased out, due to widespread use of [[computer-aided design]] (CAD) and [[computer-aided manufacturing]] (CAM). Some visual arts fields also continue to use these paper formats for large-scale printouts, such as for displaying digitally painted character renderings at life-size as references for makeup artists and costume designers, or to provide an immersive landscape reference.
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| | |
| ====Architectural sizes====
| |
| [[File:ARCH PAPER SIZES v3.svg|thumb|right|A size chart illustrating the Architectural sizes.]]
| |
| In addition to the ANSI system as listed above, there is a corresponding series of paper sizes used for [[architecture|architectural]] purposes. This series also shares the property that bisecting each size produces two of the size below, with alternating aspect ratios.<ref name="Arch E1">except for size Arch E1</ref> It may be preferred by North American architects because the aspect ratios (4:3 and 3:2) are ratios of small integers, unlike their ANSI (or ISO) counterparts. Furthermore, the aspect ratio 4:3 matches the traditional aspect ratio for computer displays.<ref name="Arch E1"/> The architectural series, usually abbreviated "Arch", is shown below:
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| | |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Name
| |
| ! in × in !! mm × mm !! Ratio
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch A
| |
| | 9 × 12 || 229 × 305 || 3:4
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch B
| |
| | 12 × 18 || 305 × 457 || 2:3
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch C
| |
| | 18 × 24 || 457 × 610 || 3:4
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch D
| |
| | 24 × 36 || 610 × 914 || 2:3
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch E
| |
| | 36 × 48 || 914 × 1219|| 3:4
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch E1
| |
| | 30 × 42 || 762 × 1067|| 5:7
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch E2
| |
| | 26 × 38 || 660 × 965 || 13:19
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Arch E3
| |
| | 27 × 39 || 686 × 991 || 9:13
| |
| |}
| |
| | |
| ====Other sizes====
| |
| <!-- Sorted based on first size FK -->
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| | |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Name
| |
| ! in × in !! mm × mm !! Ratio !! dot × dot
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Organizer J
| |
| | 2.75 × 5 || 70 × 127 || ≈1.8142 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Compact
| |
| | 4.25 × 6.75 || 108 × 171 || 1.58{{overline|33}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Organizer L, Statement, Half Letter, Memo, Jepps*
| |
| | 5.5 × 8.5 || 140 × 216 || 1.{{overline|54}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Executive, Monarch
| |
| | 7.25 × 10.5 || 184 × 267 || ≈1.4483 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Government-Letter
| |
| | 8 × 10.5 || 203 × 267 || 1.3125 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Foolscap, Folio<ref name="PPD"/>
| |
| | 8.27 × 13 || 210 × 330 || ≈1.5719 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Letter, Organizer M
| |
| | 8.5 × 11 || 216 × 279 || ≈1.2941 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Fanfold 12x8.5, German Std Fanfold
| |
| | 8.5 × 12 || 216 × 304 || ≈1.4118 || 612 × 864
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Government-Legal, Folio
| |
| | 8.5 × 13 || 216 × 330 || ≈1.5294 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Legal
| |
| | 8.5 × 14 || 216 × 356 || ≈1.6471 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Quarto
| |
| | 9 × 11 || 229 × 279 || 1.{{overline|2}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! US Std Fanfold
| |
| | 11 × 14.875 || 279 × 377 || ≈1.3513 || 792 × 1071
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Ledger, Tabloid, Organizer K, Bible
| |
| | 11 × 17 || 279 × 432 || 1.{{overline|54}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Super-B
| |
| | 13 × 19 || 330 × 483 || ≈1.4615 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Post
| |
| | 15.5 × 19.5 || 394 × 489 || ≈1.2581 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Crown
| |
| | 15 × 20 || 381 × 508 || 1.{{overline|3}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Large Post
| |
| | 16.5 × 21 || 419 × 533 || 1.{{overline|27}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Demy
| |
| | 17.5 × 22.5 || 445 × 572 || ≈1.2857 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Medium
| |
| | 18 × 23 || 457 × 584 || 1.2{{overline|7}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Broadsheet
| |
| | 18 × 24 || 457 × 610 || 1.{{overline|3}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Royal
| |
| | 20 × 25 || 508 × 635 || 1.25 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Elephant
| |
| | 23 × 28 || 584 × 711 || ≈1.2174 ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Double Demy
| |
| | 22.5 × 35 || 572 × 889 || 1.{{overline|5}} ||
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Quad Demy
| |
| | 35 × 45 || 889 × 1143|| ≈1.2857 ||
| |
| |}
| |
| | |
| <!-- More Companies should be added FK -->
| |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |+ [[Personal organizer|Personal Organizers]] and Other Corporations<ref>{{cite web
| |
| | url = http://www.filofaxusa.com/sizeguide/
| |
| | title = Filofax
| |
| }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| |
| | url = http://www.franklinplanner.com
| |
| | title = Franklin Planner
| |
| }}
| |
| </ref>
| |
| ! Company!!Name!!Paper Size in × in (Various hole sizes)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! [[Filofax]] || ||
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||M2 || 103 × 64 mm with 3 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||Mini || 105 × 67 mm with 5 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||Pocket || 120 × 81 mm with 6 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||Personal || 171 × 95 mm with 6 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||Slimline || 171 × 95 mm with 6 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||A5 || 210 × 148 mm with 6 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||Deskfax (B5) || 250 × 176 mm with 9 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| || ||A4 || 297 × 210 mm with 4 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| ! [[Franklin Planner]] || ||
| |
| |-
| |
| | ||Micro ||2{{frac|5|8}} × 4{{frac|1|4}} (66.675 × 108 mm)
| |
| |-
| |
| | ||Pocket ||3{{frac|1|2}} × 6 (89 × 152 mm)
| |
| |-
| |
| | ||Compact ||4{{frac|1|4}} × 6{{frac|3|4}} (108 × 171 mm)
| |
| |-
| |
| | ||Classic ||5{{frac|1|2}} × 8{{frac|1|2}} (140 × 216 mm)
| |
| |-
| |
| | ||Monarch ||8{{frac|1|2}} × 11 (216 × 280 mm)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! [[Jeppesen|*Jeppesen]] Aeronautical Charts
| |
| |Jeppesen Chart ||5{{frac|1|2}} × 8{{frac|1|2}} (140 × 216 mm) 7 holes
| |
| |-
| |
| ! [[FAA]] Aeronautical Charts
| |
| |FAA Chart ||5{{frac|1|2}} × 8{{frac|1|2}} (140 × 216 mm) 3 holes at top
| |
| |}
| |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |+ [[index card|Index]] and [[business card]]s
| |
| ! Name
| |
| ! in × in !! mm × mm !! Ratio
| |
| |-
| |
| ! [[Index card]]
| |
| | 3 × 5 || 76 × 127 || 1.{{overline|6}}
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Index card
| |
| | 4 × 6 || 102 × 152 || 1.5
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Index card
| |
| | 5 × 8 || 127 × 203 || 1.6
| |
| |-
| |
| ! International business card *
| |
| | 2{{frac|1|8}} × 3.37|| 53.98 × 85.6|| 1.586 <!--
| |
| 3.37 in = 85.598 mm;
| |
| 2.125 in = 53.975 mm.
| |
| 85.6 mm ≈ 3.370 in ~≤ 27/8 in = 3.375 in;
| |
| 55 mm ≈ 2.165 in ≠ 2.125 in;
| |
| 54 mm ≈ 2.126 in ~≥ 17/8 in
| |
| -->
| |
| |-
| |
| ! US business card
| |
| | 2 × 3.5 || 51 × 89 || 1.75
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Japanese business card
| |
| | ≈2.165 × ≈3.583 || 55 × 91 || ≈1.65
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Hungarian business card
| |
| | ≈1.969 × ≈3.543 || 50 × 90 || 1.8
| |
| |}
| |
| | |
| <nowiki>*</nowiki> This is the same size as the smallest rectangle containing a [[credit card]]. However, ''credit card size'', as defined in [[ISO/IEC 7810]], also specifies rounded corners and thickness.
| |
| | |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |+ [[Photographic paper]] sizes<!--description, expansion of acronyms?-->
| |
| ! Name
| |
| ! in × in !! mm × mm !! Ratio
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 2R
| |
| | 2.5 × 3.5 || 64 × 89 || 1.4
| |
| |-
| |
| ! -
| |
| | 3 × 5 || 76 × 127 || 1.{{overline|6}}
| |
| |-
| |
| ! LD, DSC
| |
| | 3.5 × 4.67 || 89 × 119 || 1.{{overline|3}} (4:3)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 3R, L
| |
| | 3.5 × 5 || 89 × 127 || ≈1.4286
| |
| |-
| |
| ! LW
| |
| | 3.5 × 5.25 || 89 × 133 || 1.5 (3:2)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! KGD
| |
| | 4 × 5.33 || 102 × 136 || 1.{{overline|3}} (4:3)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 4R, KG
| |
| | 4 × 6 || 102 × 152 || 1.5 (3:2)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 2LD, DSCW
| |
| | 5 × 6.67 || 127 × 169 || 1.{{overline|3}} (4:3)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 5R, 2L
| |
| | 5 × 7 || 127 × 178 || 1.4
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 2LW
| |
| | 5 × 7.5 || 127 × 190 || 1.5 (3:2)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 6R
| |
| | 6 × 8 || 152 × 203 || 1.{{overline|3}} (4:3)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 8R, 6P
| |
| | 8 × 10 || 203 × 254 || 1.25
| |
| |-
| |
| ! S8R, 6PW
| |
| | 8 × 12 || 203 × 305 || 1.5 (3:2)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! 11R
| |
| | 11 × 14 || 279 × 356 || 1.{{overline|27}}
| |
| |-
| |
| ! A3+, Super B
| |
| | 13 × 19 || 330 × 483 || ≈1.46154
| |
| |}
| |
| <!--Japanese: LD or DSC, L, LW, KGD, KG, 2LD or DSCW, 2L, 2LW, 6P, 6PW.-->
| |
| {{See also|Photo print sizes}}
| |
| | |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |+ [[Postcard]] size limitations
| |
| ! Dimension
| |
| ! Minimum (inch) !! Maximum (inch)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Height
| |
| | 3.5 || 4.25
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Width
| |
| | 5.0 || 6.0
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Thickness
| |
| | 0.007 || 0.016
| |
| |}
| |
| | |
| ===Tablet sizes===
| |
| {{See also|Notebook}}
| |
| | |
| The sizes listed above are for paper sold loosely in [[paper ream|ream]]s. There are many sizes of tablets of paper, that is, sheets of paper bound at one edge, usually by a strip of plastic or hardened [[polyvinyl acetate|PVA adhesive]]. Often there is a pad of [[paperboard|cardboard]] (also known as [[Paperboard|chipboard]] or [[greyboard]]) at the bottom of the stack. Such a tablet serves as a portable writing surface, and the sheets often have lines printed on them, usually in blue, to make writing in a line easier. An older means of binding is to have the sheets stapled to the cardboard along the top of the tablet; there is a line of perforated holes across every page just below the top edge from which any page may be torn off. Lastly, a pad of sheets each weakly stuck with adhesive to the sheet below, trademarked as "[[Post-It]]" or "Stick-Em" and available in various sizes, serve as a sort of tablet.
| |
| | |
| "Letter pads" are {{convert|8+1/2|by|11|in|mm|1}}, while the term "legal pad" is often used by laymen to refer to pads of various sizes including those of {{convert|8+1/2|by|14|in|mm|1}}. There are "steno pads" (used by [[stenography|stenographers]]) of {{convert|6|by|9|in|mm|1}}.
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| | |
| In countries where the ISO sizes are standard, most notebooks and tablets are sized to ISO specifications (for example, most newsagents in Australia stock A4 and A3 tablets).
| |
| | |
| ==Traditional inch-based paper sizes==
| |
| <!-- [[Foolscap]] links to this section -->
| |
| | |
| Traditionally, a number of different sizes were defined for large sheets of paper, and paper sizes were defined by the sheet name and the number of times it had been folded. Thus a full sheet of "royal" paper was 25 × 20 inches, and "royal octavo" was this size folded three times, so as to make eight sheets, and was thus 10 by 6¼ inches.
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| | |
| Imperial sizes were used in the United Kingdom and its territories. Some of the base sizes were as follows:
| |
| | |
| {|class="wikitable"
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Name
| |
| ! in × in !! mm × mm !! Ratio
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Emperor
| |
| | 48 × 72 ||1219 × 1829|| 1.5
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Antiquarian
| |
| | 31 × 53 || 787 × 1346|| 1.7097
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Grand eagle
| |
| | 28.75 × 42 || 730 × 1067|| 1.4609
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Double elephant
| |
| | 26.75 × 40 || 678 × 1016|| 1.4984
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Atlas*
| |
| | 26 × 34 || 660 × 864 || 1.3077
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Colombier
| |
| | 23.5 × 34.5|| 597 × 876 || 1.4681
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Double demy
| |
| | 22.5 × 35.5|| 572 × 902 || 1.5(7)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Imperial*
| |
| | 22 × 30 || 559 × 762 || 1.3636
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Double large post
| |
| | 21 × 33 || 533 × 838 || 1.5713
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Elephant*
| |
| | 23 × 28 || 584 × 711 || 1.2174
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Princess
| |
| | 21.5 × 28 || 546 × 711 || 1.3023
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Cartridge
| |
| | 21 × 26 || 533 × 660 || 1.2381
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Royal*
| |
| | 20 × 25 || 508 × 635 || 1.25
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Sheet, half post
| |
| | 19.5 × 23.5|| 495 × 597 || 1.2051
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Double post
| |
| | 19 × 30.5|| 483 × 762 || 1.6052
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Super royal
| |
| | 19 × 27 || 483 × 686 || 1.4203
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Medium*
| |
| | 17.5 × 23 || 470 × 584 || 1.2425
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Demy*
| |
| | 17.5 × 22.5|| 445 × 572 || 1.2857
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Large post
| |
| | 16.5 × 21 || 419 × 533 || 1.(27)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Copy draught
| |
| | 16 × 20 || 406 × 508 || 1.25
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Large post
| |
| | 15.5 × 20 || 394 × 508 || 1.2903
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Post*
| |
| | 15.5 × 19.25|| 394 × 489 || 1.2419
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Crown*
| |
| | 15 × 20 || 381 × 508 || 1.(3)
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Pinched post
| |
| | 14.75 × 18.5|| 375 × 470 || 1.2533
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Foolscap*
| |
| | 13.5 × 17 || 343 × 432 || 1.2593
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Small foolscap
| |
| | 13.25 × 16.5|| 337 × 419 || 1.2453
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Brief
| |
| | 13.5 × 16 || 343 × 406 || 1.1852
| |
| |-
| |
| ! Pott
| |
| | 12.5 × 15 || 318 × 381 || 1.2
| |
| |}
| |
| <nowiki>*</nowiki> The sizes marked with an asterisk are still [[#Other sizes|in use in the United States]].
| |
| | |
| ===Traditional sizes for paper in the United Kingdom===
| |
| | |
| These sizes are no longer commonly used since the UK switched to ISO sizes:<ref>{{cite web
| |
| | url = http://www.sizepaper.com/traditional-uk-writing
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| | title = Traditional sizes for writing paper in the United Kingdom
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| | publisher = sizepaper.com (formerly atsyn.com)
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! Name
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| ! in × in
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| | Quarto
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| | 10 × 8
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| |-
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| | Foolscap
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| | 13 × 8
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| |-
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| | Imperial
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| | 9 × 7
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| |-
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| | Kings
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| | 8 × 6.5
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| | Dukes
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| | 7 × 5.5
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| |}
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| The common divisions and their abbreviations include:
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! Name
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| ! Abbr. !! Folds !! Leaves !! Pages
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| ! [[Folio (printing)|Folio]]<!--, Folacio-->
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| | fo, f || 1 || 2 || 4
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| |-
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| ! Quarto
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| | 4to || 2 || 4 || 8
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| |-
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| ! Sexto, sixmo
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| | 6to, 6mo || 3 || 6 || 12
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| |-
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| ! Octavo<!--, Belagionastic-->
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| | 8vo || 3 || 8 || 16
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| |-
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| ! Duodecimo, twelvemo
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| | 12mo || 4 || 12 || 24
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| |-
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| ! Sextodecimo, sixteenmo
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| | 16mo || 4 || 16 ||32
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| |}
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| [[Foolscap folio]] is often referred to simply as "folio" or "foolscap". Similarly, "quarto" is more correctly "copy draught quarto".
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| Many of these sizes were only used for making [[book]]s (see [[bookbinding]]), and would never have been offered for ordinary stationery purposes.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.trussel.com/books/booksize.htm | title = Book sizes, with reference tables}}</ref>
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| ===Demitab===
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| The '''demitab''' or '''demi-tab''' (from the French "demi" or half tabloid) is {{convert|5.5|x|8.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}, equal to one quarter of a sheet of {{convert |11|x|17|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} [[Paper size#Other sizes|tabloid]] size paper. In actual circulation, the size {{convert|8|x|10.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} is common for a demitab.<ref>{{Cite journal | url = http://horizonpublications.ca/html/max_image_area.php | publisher = Horizon Publications | title = Max Image Area}}</ref> [[Tabloid (newspaper format)#Tabloid-sized newspapers|Tabloid]] newspapers, which are "generally half the size of a broadsheet", also vary in size. To add to the lack of uniformity, [[broadsheet]]s also vary in size.
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| ==Transitional paper sizes==
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| ===PA series===
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| A transitional size called '''PA4''' ({{convert|210|×|280|mm|in|2|abbr=on|disp=or}}) was proposed for inclusion into the ISO 216 standard in 1975. It has the height of Canadian P4 paper (215 mm × 280 mm, about 8½ in × 11 in) and the width of international A4 paper ({{convert|210|×|297|mm|in|2|abbr=on|disp=or}}). The table below, shows how this format can be generalized into an entire format series.
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| The PA formats did not end up in ISO 216, because the committee felt that the set of standardized paper formats should be kept to the minimum necessary. However, PA4 remains of practical use today. In [[Landscape (disambiguation)|landscape]] orientation, it has the same 4:3 aspect ratio as the displays of traditional TV sets, some [[computer displays]] and [[data projector]]s. PA4, with appropriate [[margin (typography)|margin]]s, is therefore a good choice as the format of presentation slides.
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| PA4 is also a useful compromise between A4 and US/Canadian Letter sizes. Hence it is used today by many international [[magazine]]s, because it can be printed easily on equipment designed for either A4 or US Letter.
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| |+ PA4-based series
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| ! Name
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| ! mm × mm !! Ratio
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| ! PA0
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| | 840 × 1120|| 3:4
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| |-
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| ! PA1
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| | 560 × 840 || 2:3
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| |-
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| ! PA2
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| | 420 × 560 || 3:4
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| |-
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| ! PA3
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| | 280 × 420 || 2:3
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| |-
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| ! PA4
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| | 210 × 280 || 3:4
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| |-
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| ! PA5
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| | 140 × 210 || 2:3
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| |-
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| ! PA6
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| | 105 × 140 || 3:4
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| |-
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| ! PA7
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| | 70 × 105 || 2:3
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| |-
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| ! PA8
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| | 52 × 70 ||≈3:4
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| |-
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| ! PA9
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| | 35 × 52 ||≈2:3
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| |-
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| ! PA10
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| | 26 × 35 ||≈3:4
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| |}
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| ===Antiquarian===
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| Although the movement is towards the international standard metric paper sizes, on the way there from the traditional ones there has been at least one new size just a little larger than that used internationally. British architects and industrial designers once used a size called "Antiquarian" as listed above, but given in the ''New Metric Handbook'' (Tutt & Adler 1981) as {{convert|813|×|1372|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} for board size. This is a little larger than the A0 size. So for a short time, a size called A0a ({{convert|1000|×|1370|mm|in|1|abbr=on|disp=or}}) was used in Britain.
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| ==Other metric sizes==
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| ! Name
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| ! mm × mm !! in × in
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| ! Notes
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| ! DL
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| | 99 × 210 || 3.7 × 8.3
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| | common flyer 1/3 of an A4
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| ! DLE
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| | 110 × 220 || 4.3 × 8.7
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| | common envelope size as it fits an A4 sheet folded to 1/3 height.
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| ! F4
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| | 210 × 330 || 8.3 × 13.0
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| | common in Southeast Asia and Australia. Sometimes called "foolscap" there.
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| ! RA0
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| | 841 × 1189 || 33.0125 × 46.75
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| ! RA1
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| | 610 × 860 || 24.0 × 33.9
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| ! RA2
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| | 430 × 610 || 16.9 × 24.0
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| ! RA3
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| | 305 × 430 || 12.0 × 16.9
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| ! RA4
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| | 215 × 305 || 8.5 × 12.0
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| ! SRA0
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| | 900 × 1280 || 35.4 × 50.4
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| ! SRA1
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| | 640 × 900 || 25.2 × 35.4
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| ! SRA2
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| | 450 × 640 || 17.7 × 25.2
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| ! SRA3
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| | 320 × 450 || 12.6 × 17.7
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| ! SRA4
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| | 225 × 320 || 8.9 × 12.6
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| ! A3+
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| | 329 × 483 || 13.0 × 19.0
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| |}
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| ==Newspaper sizes==
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| {{Main|Newspaper format}}
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| {{comparison newspaper size.svg}}
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| Newspapers have a separate set of sizes.
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| * [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]]
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| * [[Broadsheet]]
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| * [[Compact (newspaper)|Compact]]
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| * [[Rhenish (format)|Rhenish]]
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| * [[Tabloid (newspaper format)]]
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| In a recent trend<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naa.org/technology/pressweb/index.html |title=Press web |publisher=Naa.org |date= |accessdate=2010-12-12}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2011}} many newspapers have been undergoing what is known as "web cut down", in which the publication is redesigned to print using a narrower (and less expensive) roll of paper. In extreme examples, some broadsheet papers are nearly as narrow as traditional tabloids.
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| ==See also==
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| {{multicol}}
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| *[[Book size]]
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| *[[Hole punch]]—filing holes
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| *[[New Zealand standard for school stationery]]
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| {{multicol-break}}
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| *[[Paper density]]
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| *[[PC LOAD LETTER]]
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| *[[Photo print sizes]]
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| {{multicol-end}}
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist|30em}}
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| ==Further reading==
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| *[[International standard]] [[ISO 216]], Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter—Trimmed sizes—A and B series. [[International Organization for Standardization]], Geneva, 1975.
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| *International standard ISO 217: Paper—Untrimmed sizes—Designation and tolerances for primary and supplementary ranges, and indication of machine direction. [[International Organization for Standardization]], Geneva, 1995.
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| * Max Helbig, Winfried Hennig: DIN-Format A4—Ein Erfolgssystem in Gefahr. Beuth-Kommentare, Beuth Verlag, Berlin, 1998. ISBN 3-410-11878-0
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| * Arthur D. Dunn: [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/volatile/dunn-papersizes.pdf Notes on the standardization of paper sizes]. Ottawa, Canada, 54 pages, 1972.
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| ==External links==
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| {{commons category|Paper formats}}
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| *{{cite IETF
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| | title = Making Postscript and PDF International
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| | rfc = 2346
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| | last1 = Palme
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| | first1 = Jacob
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| | year = 1998
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| | month = May
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| | publisher = [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]]
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| | accessdate = 2012-06-22
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| }} — Notably: About margin settings for using just the space common to both A4 and US Letter.
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| * [http://www.paper-sizes.com A handy reference website all about paper sizes]
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| * [ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/standards/pwg5101.1.pdf IEEE-ISTO 5101.1-2002 "The Printer Working Group Standard for Media Standardized Names" (PDF)]
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| * [http://www.printerdiary.com/2011/04/paper-charactiristics-standard-sizes.html Paper Characteristics, Standard Sizes and Size Conversion]
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| * [http://www.sizepaper.com/ Another paper size reference site listing multiple formats]
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