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Paper sizeF rom Wi kip ed ia , th e fr ee e nc yc lo pe dia

M any paper SU£ sta nd ard s c on ve ntio ns h av e e xisted a t d iffe re nt

tim es a nd in d iffe re nt c ou ntrie s. T od ay th ere is o ne w id esp re ad

in ternationalIS O standard (including A 4, B 3, C 4, etc.) and a

lo ca lise d sta nd ard u se d in N orth Am eric a (in clu din g le tte r, legal,

ledg er, etc.). T he paper sizes affect writing p ap er , s ta tio ne ry , c ar ds,

and som e printed docum ents. The standards also have related sizes

f ur enve lopes .

Contents

• 1 The international standard: IS O 216

• 1.1 German extensions

• 1.2 S wedish extensions

• 1.3 Japanese B-series variant

• 1.4 Colom bian comm on sizes naming

• 2 North American paper sizes

• 2.1 Loose sizes

• 2 .1.1 ANS I paper sizes

• 2 .1.2 A rchitectural sizes

• 2 .1.3 O ther sizes

• 2.2 Tablet sizes

• 3 Traditional inch- based paper sizes

• 3.1 Dem itab

• 4 Transitional paper sizes

• 4.1 PA series

• 4.2 A ntiquarian

• 5 O ther metric sizes

• 6 N ewspaper sizes

• 7 S ee also

• 8 References• 9 Further reading

• 10 External links

The international standard: ISO 216

Main article: ISO 216

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A size chart illustrating the ISO A

series and a comparison with

American letter and legal formats.

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Comparison of some paper and

photographic paper sizes close to

the A4 size.

The international paper size standard, IS O 216, is based on the G erm an D IN 476 standard fur paper sizes.

IS O paper sizes are all b ased on a single aspect ratio of square root of2, or approxim ately 1 :1.4142. The base

AO size of paper is defined to have an area of one m'. W ith the given aspect ratio of square root of tw o , this

corresponds to a piece of paper w ith a longer side of one m etre m uhiplied by the square root o f the square root



(that is, the fuurth root) of tw o and the shorter side being the reciprocal of t hi s va lue , R ou nd ed to m illim etres th e

A O paper size is 841 by 1,189 m illim etres (33 .1 x 4 6.8 in).

S uccessive paper sizes in the series A I, A 2, A 3, and so furth , are defined by halv ing the preceding paper size

a lo ng t he 1 ar ge r d imens io n The m ost frequently used paper size is A 4 (210 x 297 m m).

T he s ig nific an t a dv an ta ge o f this sy ste m is its sca 1in g: ifa sh ee t w ith a n asp ect ra tio o f"';"2 is g _iv id ed into tw o

e qu al h alv es p ara lle l to its sh ortes t sid es, th en th e h alv es will ag ain h av e an asp ect ratio o f"';2. F olded bro ch ures

of any size can be m ade by using sheets of the next 1arger size, e.g . A 4 sheets are fo lded to m ake A 5 brochures.

T he sy stem allo ws sca1 ing w itho ut com pro mising th e aspect ratio from o ne size to ano ther-as p rov id ed b y

office photocopiers, e.g . en larging A 4 to A 3 or reducing A 3 to A 4. S im ilarly , tw o sheets of A 4 can be scaled

dow n and : f i t exactly 1 sheet w ith ou t any cu toff o r m argin s. W eigh ts are easy to calcu 1ate as w eD : a stand ard A 4

sheet m ade from 80 grarr/nf paper w eighs 5 gram s (as it is one 16th of an A O page, m easuring 1 nr), a llow ing

one to easily com pute the w eight-and associated postage rate-by counting the num ber of sheets used.

T he advantages of basing a paper size upon an aspect ratio of"';"2 w ere already noted in 1786 by the G erm an

s cie ntis t a nd p hilo so ph er G e org C h ris to ph L ic hte nb erg . [1 ] Early in th e 20 th c en tu ry , Dr Wa lt er P o rs tmann

tu rn ed L ic hte nb erg 's id ea into a p rop er system of d ifferen t p ap er sizes. P orstm an n's sy stem w as in trod uced as a

D IN standard (D IN 476) in G erm any in 1922, replacing a vast variety of other paper furm ats. E ven today the

paper sizes are called 'D IN A 4" in everyday use in Europe. The term Lichtenberg ratio h as re ce ntly b ee n

proposed fur this p ap er as pec t ratio .

T he m ain disadvantage of the system is type does not scale the sam e w ay; therefure, w hen a page is resized , the

typ e set on it lo ses leg ibility as th e pro po rtio n b etw een th e ty pe 's x -heig ht, pag e m arg ins, an d lead ing are

d is to rte d. Wh en trim is involved, as in the m anufacture of books, IS O 216 sizes are generally too tall and

n arrow fur bo ok p rod uctio n (see: C an on s of p age co nstru ction ). T he d istortion is even m ore p ron ou nced w ith

p rin ted s he et n ru sic. E uro pea n b oo k p ub lish ers ty pic ally u se m etricate d trad itio nal p ag e size s fu r b oo k

production

The D IN 47 6 stan dard spread q uick ly to oth er cou ntries. B efu re th e outbreak of W orld W ar II, it had been

a do pte d b y th e fu llow in g c ou ntrie s:

• B e1 gium(1 92 4)

• N etherlands (1925)

• Norw ay (1926)

• F inland (1927)

• S witzerland (1929)

• Sw eden (1930)

• S oviet U nion (1934)

• Hungary (1938)

• Italy (1939)

During World W ar II, the standard w as adopted by U ruguay (1942), A rgentina (1943) and B razil (1943); and

afterw ard s sp re ad to o th er c ou ntries:

• S pain (1947)

• A ustria (1948)

• Iran (1948)

• Romania (1949)

• Japan (1951)

• D enm ark (1953)

• C zechoslovakia (1953)

• Israel (1954)

• P ortu ga 1(1 95 4)

• Y ugoslavia (1956)

• India (1957)

• U nited K ingdom (1959)

• Ireland (1959)

• V enezuela (1962)

• N ew Zealand (1963)

• Iceland (1964)

• M exico (1965)

• S outh A frica (1966)

• France (1967)

• Peru (1967)

• Turkey (1967)

• Chile (1968)

• G reece (1970)

• Rhodesia (1970)

• S ingapore (1970)

• B angladesh (1972)

• T hailand (1973)

• Barbados (1973)

• A ustralia (1974)

• Ecuador (1974)

• Colombia (1975)

• Kuwait (1975)



• Poland (1957)

By 1975 so m any countries w ere using the G erm an system that it w as established as an IS O standard , as w ell

as the offic ia l U nited N ations docum ent furm at. B y 1977 A 4 w as the standard letter furm at in 88 of148

countries. T oday the standard has been adopted by all countries in the w orld except th e U n ited S tates an d

Canada . InMe xic o, C olom bia , V en ez ue la, A rg en tin a, C hile an d th e P hilip pin es th e U S le tte r fu rm at is sti ll inco mm on u se, d esp ite th eir o ffic ia l ad op tio n o f th e IS O stan dard .

Inad ditio n to th e A series, th ere is a less com mon B series. The area

o fB series sh eets is th e g eo metric m ean o f su ccessiv e A series sh eets.

S o, B1 is betw eenA O and A l in size , with an area of 0 .707 nf

( " ' - 1 0 . 5 ) . As a result, B O is 1 m etre w ide, and other sizes in the B

series are a halt: a quarter or further fractions of a m etre w ide. W hile

less co mm on in o ffice u se, it is used fur a variety o f s pe ci al s it ua ti on s.

M any posters use B -series paper or a close approxim ation , such as

50 cmx70 cm ; B5 is a relatively com mon choice fur books. T he B

series is also u se d fu r en ve lo pe s an d p as sp orts.

T he C series is u sed o nly fu r en velo pes an d is defined in IS O 269.

The area ofC series sheets is the geom etric m ean of the areas of th e

A and B series sheets of the sam e m nnber; fur instance, the area ofa

C 4 sheet is the geom etric m ean of the areas of an A 4 sheet and a B4

sheet. This m eans that C 4 is slig htly la rg er th an A 4, an d B 4 s lig htly

larg er th an C 4. T he p ractical u sag e o f th is is th at a le tter w ritte n o nA 4

paper : f i t s inside a C 4 envelope, and a C4 envelope : f i t s inside a B 4

envelope.

IS O paper sizes (P lu s r ou nd ed inch values)

Fonnat A series B series C series

S ~nun x

inxinnun x

inxinnun x

inxinnun nun nun

0841 x 33.11 x 1000 x 39.37 x 917 x 36.10 x

1189 46.81 1414 55.67 1297 51.06

1594 x 23.39 x 707 x 27.83 x 648 x 25.51 x

841 33.11 1000 39.37 917 36.10

2

420 x 16.54 x 500 x 19.69 x 458 x 18.03 x

594 23.39 707 27.83 648 25.51

3297 x 11.69 x 353 x 13.90 x 324 x 12.76 x

420 16.54 500 19.69 458 18.03

4210 x 8.27 x 250 x 9.84 x 229 x 9.02 x

297 11.69 353 13.90 324 12.76

5148 x 5.83 x 176 x 6.93 x 162 x 6.38 x

210 8.27 250 9.84 229 9.02

6 105 x 4.13 x 125 x 4.92 x 114 x 4.49 x

148 5.83 176 6.93 162 6.38

774 x 2.91 x 88 x 3.46 x 81 x 3.19 x

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B4~ 85

821

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A size chart illustrating the ISO B

series.

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series.



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74 2.9162 x 88

3.46 81 3.19

937 x 1.46 x

44 x 621.73 x 40 x 1.57 x

52 2.05 2.44 57 2.24

1026 x 1.02 x

31 x 441.22 x 28 x 1.10 x

37 1.46 1.73 40 1.57

T he to le ran ces s pec ifie d in th e stan dard are

• ±1.5 nm (0.06 in) for d im ensions up to 150 nm (5.9 in),

• ±2 nm (0.08 in) for lengths in the range 150 to 600 nm (5.9 to 23.6 in) and

• ±3 mm (0.12 in) for any dim ension above 600 mm (23.6 in).

German extensions

The G erm an standard D IN 476 w as published in 1922 and is the orig inal specification of the A and B sizes. It

d iffe rs in tw o d eta ils from it s in te rna t iona l successor :

D IN 476 provides an extension to form ats larger than A O, denoted by a prefix factor. In par ti cu la r, i t l is ts t he

tw o form ats 2A O, w hich is tw ice the area of A O, and 4A O, w hich is four tim es A O:

D IN 4 76 ov erfo nn ats

Name mm x mm in x in

4AO 1682 x 2378 66.22 x 93.62

2AO 1189 x 1682 46.81 x 66.22

D IN 476 a ls o s pe cifie s s lig ht1 ytig hte r to le ra nc es :

• ±1 nm (0.04 in) for dimensions up to 150 nm (5.9 in),

• ±1.5 nm (0.06 in) for lengths in the range 150 nm to 600 nm (5.9 to 23.6 in) and

• ±2 nm (0.08 in) for any dim ension above 600 nm (23.6 in).

Swedish extensions

The S wedish standard S IS 014711 generalized the ISO system of A , B , and C formats by adding D , E , F, and

G form ats to it. Its D form at sits betw een a B form at and the next larger A form at G ust like C sits betw een A

an d th e n ex t larg er B ). T he rem ain in g fo rm ats fi t in b etw ee n all th es e fo rm ats , su ch th at th e se qu en ce o ffo rm ats

A4, E4, C4, G4, B4, F4, D4, H4, A 3 is a geom etric pro gressio n, in w hich th e d im en sion s gro w b y a factor

21116 from one size to the next. How ever, the S IS 014711 standard does not define any size betw een a D

form at and the next larger A form at (called H in the previous exam ple). O f these additional form ats, G 5 (169 x

239 nm ) and E5 (155 x 220 nm ) are popular in Sweden for prin ting dissertations,[citation needed] but th e other

form ats h av e no t tu rned o ut to b e particularly u sefu l in p ractice and th ey hav e n ot been ado pted intern atio nally .

Japanese B-series variant

T he JIS defines tw o m ain series of paper sizes. T he JIS A -series is identical to the IS O A -series, but w iths l ight ly di ffe rent to le rances. The area o fB -series p aper is 1.5 tim es th at o f th e correspo nd ing A -pap er (in stead

of th e facto r 1.4 14 ... fo r the IS O B -series), so th e len gth ratio is ap pro xim ately 1.22 tim es the len gth 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 ofA3, B4 and B5 paper.

There are also a number of traditional paper sizes, which are now usedmostly only by printers. The most common of these old series are the

Shiroku-ban and the Kiku paper sizes.

JIS paper sizes (Plus rounded inch values)

Fonnat B series Shiroku ban Kiku

S~nun x

inxinnun x

inxinnun x

inxinnun nun nun

01030 x 40.55 x

1456 57.32

1728 x 28.66 x

1030 40.55

2515 x 20.28 x

728 28.66

3364 x 14.33 x

515 20.28

4257 x 10.12 x 264 x 10.39 x 227 x 8.94 x

364 14.33 379 14.92 306 12.05

5

182 x 7.17 x 189 x 7.44 x 151 x 5.94 x

257 10.12 262 10.31 227 8.94

6128 x 5.04 x 127 x 5.00 x

182 7.17 188 7.40

791 x 3.58 x

128 5.04

8 64 x 912.52 x

3.58

9 45 x 641.77 x

2.52

10 32 x 451.26 x

1.77

11 22 x 320.87 x

1.26

12 16 x 220.63 x

0.87

Colombian common sizes naming

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1 1 . , ;, ~ ' m m ~ ~ . /" ? ' ., , :: ,m n i ' n . ,· , '' 1 ',~·"llClIT.I.r.n"'1II.3iftl:x ::U'!:i'm'ft u'1.7 iiir

lComparison of ISO 216 and

Swedish standard SIS 014711

paper sizes between A4 and A3

sizes.

The most common paper sizes used fur commercial and industrial printing inColombia are the ISO B1, B2 and

B3 and are referred to as pliego, ¥ 2 pliego and ¥ 4 pliego respectively



North American paper sizes

Loose sizes

C urrent standard sizes of U .S ., C anadian and M exican paper are a subset of the traditional sizes referred to

b elow. ''L ette r'', " le ga l" , ''le dg er '', a nd ''ta blo id '' a re b y fa r the m ost com monly used of these fur everyday

a ctiv itie s. T he o rig in s o f th e e xa ct dimensions of ,'lette r" size p ap er (8 ~ x 11 in or 215.9 x 279.4 mm) a re lo st

in tradit ion and n ot w ell documented. T he Am eric an F ore st and P ape r A ssoc ia tion a rg ue s th at th e dimension

originates from the days of m anual paper m aking, and that the 11 inch length of the page is about a quarter of

' 'the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatm an's arm s. ,,[2] However, this does not explain the w idth or

aspect ratio . O utside of N orth America, L etter size is also know n as "American Quarto,,[3] and the size is indeed

ahnost exactly a quarter of the old Im perial (B ritish) paper size know n as D em y 4to (17W'x22W~, allowing W'

fu r trimming.[4]

North American paper sizes

S~ inxin mm x mm

Letter 8. 5 x 11 216 x 27 9

Legal 8. 5 x 14 216 x 35 6

Junior Legal 8. 0 x 5.0 203 x 127

Ledge~5] 17 x 11 432 x 27 9

Tabloid 11 x 17 279 x 43 2

There is an additional paper size, to w hich the nam e "goverm nent-letter" w as given by the IEE E Printer W orking

Group: the 8 x 1O ~ in (203.2 x 266.7 mm) paper that is used in the U nited S tates and Canada fur children 'swriting. Itwas prescribed by Herbert Hoover when he was Secretary ofConmerce to be used for U .S .

goverm nent form s, apparently to enable discounts from the purchase of paper fur schools. In later years, as

photocopy m achines proliferated, citizens w anted to m ake photocopies of the form s, but the m achines did not

g ene ra ll y have this size paper in their bins. R onald R eagan therefore had the U .S . goverm nent sw itch to regu1ar

le tte r s iz e (8 ~ x 11 inl215.9 x 279.4 mm)_[2] The 8 x 10~ in (203.2 x 266.7 mm) size is s ti ll c ommonly u sed

in spiral-bound notebooks and the like.

U .S . paper sizes are current1y standard in the U nited S tates, the Philippines and C hile. The latter tw o use U .S .

" le tte r" , b ut th e P hilip pin e a nd Chile an " le ga l" siz e is 8~ x 13 in (215.9 x 330.2 mm).[6] IS O siz es a re a vaila ble,

but not w ide1y used, in both th e U.S . and the Ph i lippines .

In Canada, U .S . paper sizes are a de facto standard. The goverm nent, however, uses a com bination onso

p ap er siz es, and C AN 2-9.60M ''Paper S izes fur C orrespondence" specifies PI throughP6 paper sizes, w hich

are the U . S . paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 rmn. [7 ]

M exico has adopted the IS O standard, but U .S . "letter" furmat is still th e sy stem in use th ro ug hou t the c oun try.

It is virtually im possible to encounter IS O standard papers in day- to-day uses, w ith "C arta 216 mm x 27 9 mm"

( le tt er ), "O fic io 2 16 mm x 34 0 mm" (le ga l) a nd ''D ob le c arta " (led ger/ta blo id ) be in g n ea r1 y u niv ersa l U .S . siz es

a re a ls o w id esp re ad and in common use in C olom bia. [8 ]

ANSI paper sizes

In 1996, the A merican N ational S tandards Institute adopted A NS IIA SM E Y 14.1 w hich defined a regular series



of paper sizes based upon the defacto standard 8 ~ x 11 in

(215.9 x 279.4 m m ) "letter" size w hich it assigned "A NS I A ". This

s erie s a ls o in ch Id es '1 ed ge r" I''ta bl oi d'' a s "ANS I B ". This s erie s is

som ew hat sim ilar to the IS O standard in that cutting a sheet in half

w ould produce tw o sheets of the next sm aller size . U nlike the IS O

sta nd ard , h ow ev er, th e a rb itrary a sp ec t ra tio fo rc es this series to havetw o altern atin g asp ect ratio s. T he AN SI series is sh ow n belo w.

W ith care , docum ents can be prepared so that the text and im ages fi t

o n eith er AN SI o r th eir eq uiv alen t IS O sh eets at 1:1 rep ro du ctio n

scale.

Name inxin Ratio AliasS im ilar IS O A

mm x mmsiu

ANS I 8 Y 2 x216 x 279 1.2941 Letter A 4

A 11

17 x

ANS I 11 432 x 2791.5455

Ledger[5]A3

B 11x 279 x 432 Tab10id

17

ANS I 17 x432 x 559 1.2941 A2

C 22

ANS I 22 x559 x 864 1.5455 A l

D 34

ANS I 34 x 864 x 1.2941 AOE 44 1118

BCLo'dp.r. T.lbl'I')

D

O ther, larg er sizes co ntin uin g th e alp hab etic series illu stra ted ab ov e ex ist, b ut it sh ou ld b e n oted th at th ey are n ot

p art o f th e series per se, because they do not exhib it the sam e aspect ratios. F or exam ple, E ngineering F size

(28 x 40 in or 711.2 x 1,016.0 m m) also exists, but is rarely encountered , as are G , H , ... N size drawings. G

size is 22~ in (571.5 mm ) high, b ut v aria ble w id th u p to 90 in (2 ,286 m m) in increm ents of8~ in (215.9 m m),

ie ., ro ll furm at. H and larger le tter sizes are also ro ll furm ats. S uch sheets w ere at one t ime u s ed f or f ul l- sc al e

l ayout s o f a ir cr af t p a rt s, wir ing harnesses and the like, but today are generally not needed, due to widespread

u se o f co mp uter-aided d esign (C AD ) an d comp uter-aid ed m an ufactu rin g (C AM ).

A rc hite ctu ral s ize s

In addition to the A NS I system as listed above, there is a corresponding series of paper sizes used fur

a rchi tec tura l purposes . This system has also been adapted by the enterta inm ent industry fur the purposes of

enter ta inment drafting. This series also shares the pro perty th at b isectin g each size p ro du ces tw o o f th e size

below .[9] It m ay be preferred by N orth A merican architects because the aspect ratios (4 :3 and 3:2) are ratios of

sm all in teg ers, u nlik e th eir A N SI (o r IS O ) co un terp arts. F urth erm ore, th e asp ect ratio 4 :3 m atch es th e

tra ditio na l a sp ec t ra tio fu r c ompute r d is pla ys . [9 ] T he a rc hite ct ur al s er ie s, u su ally a bb re via te d "A rc h" , is s hown

be low:

Name inxin mm x mm Ratio

A rch A 9 x 12 229 x 305 3:4

A size chart illustrating the ANSI

sizes.



ArchB 12 x 18 305 x 457 2:3

ArchC 18 x 24 457 x 610 3:4

ArchD 24 x 36 610 x 914 2:3

ArchE 36 x 48 914 x 1219 3:4

ArchE1 30 x 42 762 x 1067 5:7

ArchE2 26 x38 660 x965 13:19

ArchE3 27x39 686 x 991 9:13

Other sizes

dot

Name inxinmm x

Ratio xmm

dot

OrganizerJ2.75 x 70 x

~1.81425 127

4.25 x 108 x -Compact

6.75 1711.5833

Organizer L, Statement, Half 5.5 x 140 x -

Letter, Memo, Jepps* 8.5 2161.54

Executive, Monarch7.25 x 184 x

~1.448310.5 267

Government-Letter8x 203 x

1.312510.5 267

Foolscap, Folio[5]8.27 x 210 x

1.62513 330

Letter, Organizer M8.5 x 216 x

~1.294111 279

Fanfold 12x8.5, German Std 8.5 x 216 x612

-1.407 x

Fanfold 12 304864

Government-Legal, Folio8.5 x 216 x

~1.529413 330

8.5 x 216 x -Legal, Monarch?

14 3561.6481

229 x -Quarto 9 x 11

2791.2

11x 279 x792

US Std Fanfold ~1.3513 x14.875 377

1071

Ledger, Tabloid, Organizer 11x 279 x -

K,Bible 17 4321.54

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- b . PAPER. A• 5 1 2 1 : : 5 ,

~. B

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El = 30" ~ 42"

D'" I

A size chart illustrating the

Architectural sizes.



Super-B 13x 330 x ~1.461519 483

Post15.5 x 394 x

~1.258119.5 489

15 x 381 x -Crown20 508

1.3

16.5 x 419 x -Large Post

21 5331.27

Demy17.5 x 445 x

~1.285722.5 572

Medium18 x 457 x

1.2723 584

Broadsheet18 x 457 x

1.3

24 610

Royal20 x 508 x

1.2525 635

Elephant23 x 584 x

~ 1.217428 711

22.5 x 572 x -Double Demy

35 8891.5

QuadDemy35 x 889 x

~1.285745 1143

Personal Organizers and Other Corporations [10][11]

Company Name Paper Size in x in (Various hole sizes)

Filofax M2 103 x 64 mm with 3 holes

Mini 105 x 67 mmwith 5 holes

Pocket 120 x 81 mmwith 6 holes

Personal 171 x 95 mmwith 6 holes

S1imline 171 x 95 mmwith 6 holes

A5 210 x 148 nm with 6 holes

Deskfax (B5) 250 x 176 nm with 9 holes

A4 297 x 210 nm with 4 holes

Franklin Planner

Micro 2% x 41,4(66.675 x 108 nm)

Pocket 3Y2x 6 (89 x 152 nm)

Compact 41,4x 6% (108 x 171 nm)

Classic 5Y2x 8Y2(140 x216 nm)

Monarch 8Y2x 11 (216 x280 nm)



Index and business cards


Index card 3x5 76 x 127 1.6

Index card 4x6 102 x 152 1.5

Index card 5x8 127 x 203 1.6

International business card * 2Ysx 3.37 53.98 x 85.6 1.586

US business card 2 x 3.5 51 x 89 1.75

Japanese business card -2.165 x -3.583 55 x 91 -1.65

Hungarian business card -1.969 x -3.543 50 x 90 1.8

* This is the same sizeas the smallestrectangle containinga credit card. However, credit card size, as defined

in ISOIIEC 7810, a1sospecifiesrounded comers and thickness.

Photograph sizes


2R 2.5 x 3.5 64 x 89 1.4

- 3x5 76 x 127 1.6

LD,DSC 3.5 x 4.67 89 x 119 1.3 (4:3)

3R,L 3.5 x 5 89 x 127 -1.4286

LW 3.5 x 5.25 89 x 133 1.5 (3:2)

KGD 4 x 5.33 102 x 136 1.3 (4:3)

4R,KG 4x6 102 x 152 1.5 (3:2)

2LD,DSCW 5 x 6.67 127 x 169 1.3 (4:3)

5R,2L 5x7 127 x 178 1.4

2LW 5 x 7.5 127 x 190 1.5 (3:2)

6R 6x8 152 x 203 1.3 (4:3)

8R,6P 8 x 10 203 x 254 1.25

S8R,6PW 8 x 12 203 x 305 1.5 (3:2)

llR 11 x 14 279 x 356 1.27

A3+, SuperB 13 x 19 330 x 483 -1.46154

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 fur paper sold 100se1y in rerum . There are m any sizes of tablets of paper, that is ,

sheets of paper bound at one edge, usua11yby a strip of plastic o r hardened PV A adhesive. O ften there is a pad

of cardboard (also know n as ch ipboard or greyboard) at the bottom of the stack. S uch a tablet serves as a

portable writing surface, and the sheets often have lines printed on them , usua11yin blue, to m ake writing in a line

easier. Ano ld er m ea ns o f b in din g is to have the sheets stap led to the cardboard along the top of the tablet; there

is a line of perfurated ho les across every page just be10w the top edge from w hich any page m ay be tom off

Last1y, a pad of sheets each w eak1y stuck w ith adhesive to the sheet be1ow , tradem arked as ''P ost-It'' or "S tick -

E m" and available in various sizes, serve as a sort of tablet.

''L etter pads" are 8 Y 2,by 11 inches (215.9 by 279.4 m m), w hile the term ''legal pad" is often used by laym en to

refer to pads of various sizes including those of8Y 2, by 14 inches (215.9 by 355.6 m m). T here are "steno pads"

(used by stenographers) o f6 by9 inches (152.4 by228.6 m m).

In countries w here the IS O sizes are standard, m ost notebooks and tablets are sized to IS O specifications (fur

exam ple, m ost new sagents in A ustralia stock A 4 and A 3 tablets).

Traditional inch-based paper sizes

T raditiona11y, a m nnber of different sizes w ere defined fur large sheets of paper, and pap er sizes w ere defined by

the sheet nam e and the num ber of tim es it had been fulded . Thus a full sheet of ,'royal" paper w as 25 x 20

inches , and ''r oya lo c tavo''was this size fo lded three tim es, so as to m ake eight sheets, and w as thus 10 by6Y 4

inches.

Im perial sizes w ere used in the U nited K ingdom and its territories. S om e of the base sizes w ere as fu11ow s:


Emperor 48 x 72 1219 x 1829 1.5

Antiquarian 31 x 53 787 x 1346 1.7097

Grand eagle 28.75 x 42 730 x 1067 1.4609

Double elephant 26.75 x 40 678 x 1016 1.4984

Atlas * 26 x 34 660 x 864 1.3077

Colombier 23.5 x 34.5 597 x 876 1.4681

Double demy 22.5 x 35.5 572 x 902 1.5(7)

Imperial* 22 x 30 559 x 762 1.3636

Double large post 21 x 33 533 x 838 1.5713

Elephant* 23 x 28 584 x 711 1.2174

Princess 21.5 x 2 8 546 x 7 11 1.3023

Cartridge 21 x 26 533 x 660 1.2381

Royal* 20 x 25 508 x 635 1.25

Sheet, half post 19.5 x 23.5 495 x 597 1.2051



r-~:~~7y:r~-~-i9:5-1~l~1~-2 ~ o 1Medium * 17.5 x 23 470 x 5 84 1.2425

Demy* 17.5 x 22 .5 445 x 572 1.2857

Large post 16 .5 x 2 1 419 x 533 1.(27)

C op y d rau gh t 16 x 20 406 x 508 1.25

Large post 15 .5 x 2 0 394 x 508 1.2903

Post* 15.5 x 19 .25 394 x 489 1.2419

Crown* 15 x 20 381 x 508 1.(3)

P inched pos t 14 .75 x 18.5 375 x 470 1.2533

Foolscap* 13.5 x 17 343 x 432 1.2593

Sm all foo lscap 13.25 x 16.5 337 x 419 1.2453

Brief 13 .5 x 16 343 x 4 06 1.1852

Pott 12 .5 x 15 318 x 381 1.2

* T he s iz es m a rk ed with an a ste ris k a re s till i n u se in th e U n ite d S ta te s.

T r ad it io n al s iz es f ur writing paper in the U nited K ingdom T hese sizes are no longer used since the U K sw itched

to I SO s iz es :[1 2 ]

Name inxin

Quarto 11 x 9

Foolscap 13 x 8

Imperial 9x7

Kings 8 x 6 .5

Duke s 7 x 5 .5

T he c omm o n d iv is io ns a nd th eir a bb re via tio ns in clu de :

Name Abbr. Folds Leaves Pages

Folio fo , f 1 2 4

Q uarto 4to 2 4 8

S ex to , sixm o 6to ,6m o 3 6 12

Octavo 8vo 3 8 16

Duodecim o , tw elvemo 12mo 4 12 24

S ex todecim o, six teenm o 16mo 4 16 32

Foolscap folio is o ften referred to sim ply as 'folio" or 'foolscap", Similar ly, "quarto" is mo re c orre ctly "c op y

d ra ugh t qu ar to ".

M anv of these sizes w ere only used fur making b oo ks (see boo kb ind inz), an d w ould never hav e been o ffered



f ur o rd in ar y s ta ti on er y pu rpo se s. [13]

Demitab

The dem itab or dem i-tab (from the French "dem i" or ha1ftabloid) is 5 .5 x 8.5 in (140 x 216 nnn), equal to

one quarter of a sheet of 11 x 17 in (279 x 432 nnn) tablo id size paper. Ina ct ua l c ir cu la ti on , t he s iz e

8 x 10.5 in (203 x 267 nnn) is common fur a dem itab'p4] Tab lo id n ew sp ap ers , w h ic h a re " ge ne ra lly h a1 fth e

size ofa broadsheet", also vary in size. To add to the lack of uniformity, bro ad sheets also v ary in size .

M ost ind ustry stan dards exp ress th e d irection of the grain last (e.g. 17x 11 is short grain paper and 11 x 17 is

lo ng g ra in p ap er). S ee sw itch in g co sts, n etw ork effe cts a nd sta nd ard iz atio n fu r p ossib le reas on s fo r differing

reg ion al ad op tio n rates of th e IS O stand ard sizes.

Transitional paper sizes

PA series

A transitional size called PA 4 (210 x 280 m m/8.27 x 11.02 in) w as proposed fur inclusion in to the IS O 216

stan dard in 1 97 5. Ithas the height of Canadian P4 paper (215 nnn x 280 nnn, about 8 Y 2 in x 11 in) and the

w idth ofinternationalA 4 paper (210 x 297 m m/8.27 x 11.69 in). The table to the right, sho ws h ow this format

can b e g en era liz ed in to an en tire fu nn at se ries.

The P A form ats did not end up in IS O 216, because the corm nittee feh that the set of standardized paper

form ats should be kept to the minirmnn necessary. H ow ev er, P A 4 rem ains o f practical use to day. Inlandscape

orientation, ithas the sam e 4:3 aspect ratio as the disp lays of traditional T V sets, som e com puter d isplays and

d ata p ro jecto rs. P A4 , with app rop riate m arg in s, is therefure a g oo d ch oice as th e fo rm at of p resentatio n slides.

P A 4 is also a usefu l com prom ise betw een A 4 and U S /C anadian Letter sizes. H ence it is used today by m any

int er nat ional magazines , be cause it can be prin ted easily on equipm ent designed fur either A 4 or U S L etter.

P A4-b ased series

Name mm x mm Ratio

PAO 840 x 1120 3:4

PA l 560 x 840 2:3

PA2 420 x 560 3:4

PAJ 280 x 420 2:3

PA4 210 x 280 3:4

PAS 140 x 210 2:3

PA6 105 x 140 3:4

PA7 70 x 105 2:3

PA8 52 x 70 ~3:4

PA9 35 x 52 ~2:3

PAlO 26 x 35 ~3:4

Antiquarian



A lth ou gh th e mo vem en t is tow ards the internatio nal standard m etric paper sizes, on the w ay there from the

traditional ones there has been at least one new size just a l i t t 1 e larger than th at u se d in te rn at io na ll y. B r iti sh

architects and industrial designers o nce used a size called "A ntiq uarian" as listed above, but giv en in the New

Metric Handbook (Tutt & Adler 1981) as 813 x 1 ,3 72 r rn n( 32 x 54 in) for board size. This is a l i t t 1 e larger

than the A O size. S o for a short tim e, a size called A Oa (1,000 x 1 ,3 70 mm '3 9.4 x 53.9 in) w as used in B ritain .

Other metric sizes

Name mm x mm inxin Notes

DL 99 x 210 3 .7 x 8.3 com mon flyer 1/3 of an A4

DLE 110 x 220 4.3 x 8.7 com mon envelope size as it fits an A 4 sheet folded to 113 heigh t .

F4 210 x 330 8.3 x 13.0c ommon in S ou th ea st A sia a nd A ustra lia . S om etim es c alle d ''fo olsc ap ''

there.

RAO 841 x 33.0125 x1189 46.75

RAt 610 x 860 24.0 x 33.9

RA2 430 x 610 16.9 x 24.0

RA3 305 x 430 12.0 x 16.9

RA4 215 x 305 8.5 x 12.0

SRAO900 x

35.4 x 50.41280

SRA t 640 x 900 25.2 x 35.4SRA2 450 x 640 17.7 x 25.2

SRAJ 320 x 450 12.6 x 17.7

SRA4 225 x 320 8.9 x 12.6

AJ+ 329 x 483 13.0 x 19.0

Newspaper sizes

Main article: Newspaper format

N ewspapers have a separate set of sizes.

• B erliner

• B roadsheet

• Compact

• T ab loid (new spaper form at)

• Rhenish

In a recent trend[15] m any new spapers have been un dergo ing w hat is know n as ''w eb cut dow n", in which the

publication is redesigned to print using a n arrow er (and less expensiv e) roll of paper. In e xtreme e xamp le s, so mebroadsheet papers are near1y as narrow as traditional tabloids. A n average roll of26.4lb (43 gsm ), 45 in

(11 0 cm ) diam eter new sprint rolled out is 9.7 m i (15.6 km ) long.



See also

• Book size

• H ole punch-filing holes• N ew Zea1and standard fur school

stationery

• Paper density

• PC LOAD LEITER• Photo prin t sizes

References

1. 1\ Lichtenberg'S letter to Johann Beckmann (http://www.cl.cam.ac.ukI-mgk25/lichtenberg-letter.html)

2. 1\ a b American Forest and Paper Association. "Why is the standard paper size in the U.S. 8 W' x 11"?"

(http://afandpa.org/paper.aspx?id=511) . http://afandpa.org/paper.aspx?id=511. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

3. 1\ "Additional Facts and Other Interesting Details" (http://www.dimensionsguide.comljunior-Iegal-paper-sizel) .

http://www.dimensionsguide.comljunior-Iegal-paper-size/. Retrieved 2010-02-21.

4. 1\ Fyffe, Charles (1969). Basic Copyfitting. London: Studio Vista. p. 74. ISBN 0289797055.

5. 1\ abc Adobe Systems Incorporated (February 9, 1996). ''PostScript Printer Description File Format

Specification" (http://partners.adobe.comlpublic/developer/enJps/5003.PPD_Spec_v4.3.pdf) . San Jose,

California. p. 191. http://partners.adobe.comlpublic/developer/enJps/5003.PPD_Spec _v4.3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-

03-06

6. 1\ Rally de Leon. ''Request for inclusion of Page Size 8.5"x13"" (http://qa.openoffice.orglissues/show_bug.cgi?

id=91260) . http://qa.openoffice.orglissues/show_bug.cgi?id=91260. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

7. 1\ Kuhn, Markus. "International standard paper sizes" (http://www.cl.cam.ac.ukI-mgk25/iso-paper.html) .

http://www.cl.cam.ac.ukI-mgk25/iso-paper.html. Retrieved 2008-03-06.

8. 1\ "Armada mil" (http://www.armada.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=251610&download=Y) .

http://www.armada.mil. co/index. php?idcategoria=25161 O&download= Y. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

9. 1\ a b except for size Arch El

10. 1\ "Filofax" (http://www.f:tlofaxusa.comlsizeguide/) . http://www.f:tlofaxusa.comlsizeguide/.

11. 1\ "Franklin Planner" (http://www.franklinplanner.com) . http://www.franklinplanner.com.

12. 1\ "Traditional sizes for writing paper in the United Kingdom"

(http://www.atsyn.com/PaperSizes/FormatDetai1l29).atsyn.com.

http://www.atsyn.comlPaperSizes/F ormatDetai1l29. Retrieved 2011-06-30.

13. 1\ Book sizes, with reference tables (http://www.trussel.comlbookslbooksize.htm) ,

http://www.trussel.comlbookslbooksize.htm

14. 1\Max Image Area (http://horizonpublications.calhtmVmax_image_area.php) , Horizon Publications,

http://horizonpublications .ca/html/max _image_ area. php

15. 1\ "Press web" (http://www.naa.orgltechnology/pressweb/index.html) . Naa.org.

http://www.naa.org/technology/pressweb/index.html. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

Further reading

• In ternational standard IS O 216, W riting paper and certa in c1asses of prin ted rm tter-T rim rned sizes

-A an d B series. In tern atio nal O rg an izatio n fur S tan dard izatio n, G en ev a, 19 75 .

• In tern atio nal stan dard IS O 2 17 : P ap er-V ntrirrn ned sizes-D esig natio n an d to leran ces fu r p rim ary

a nd su pp le me ntary ra ng es , an d in dica tio n o f rm ch in e d ire ctio n In te rn atio na l O rg an iz atio n fu r

S ta nd ard iz atio n, G e ne va , 1 99 5.

• M ax H elbig , W infried H erm ig: D IN - F orm at A 4-E in E rfoIgssystem in Gefuhr. Beu th - Kommen ta re ,

B eu th V er1 ag , B erlin , 1 99 8. IS BN 3 -4 10 -1 18 78 -0

• A rthur D . Dunn: Notes on th e s ta nd ard iz atio n o f p ap er s iz es

(h ttp ://www .c 1cama c.u k/-m g k2 5/v o1 atile /d urm -p ap ers ize s.p df). O tta wa, C an ad a, 5 4 p ag es, 1 97 2.

http://afandpa.org/paper.aspx?id=511.

http://www.dimensionsguide.comljunior-iegal-paper-size/

http://partners.adobe.comlpublic/developer/enJps/5003.PPD_Spec

http://qa.openoffice.orglissues/show_bug.cgi?id=91260.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uki-mgk25/iso-paper.html.

http://www.armada.mil./

http://www.franklinplanner.com./

http://www.atsyn.comlpapersizes/F

http://www.trussel.comlbookslbooksize.htm/

http://www.naa.org/technology/pressweb/index.html.

http://www.naa.org/technology/pressweb/index.html.

http://www.trussel.comlbookslbooksize.htm/

http://www.atsyn.comlpapersizes/F

http://www.franklinplanner.com./

http://www.armada.mil./

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uki-mgk25/iso-paper.html.

http://qa.openoffice.orglissues/show_bug.cgi?id=91260.

http://partners.adobe.comlpublic/developer/enJps/5003.PPD_Spec

http://www.dimensionsguide.comljunior-iegal-paper-size/

http://afandpa.org/paper.aspx?id=511.



External links

• P ap ers iz e C h ea ts he et (h ttp ://lo g.rm omne nc om '? p= 73 )

• A h an dy referen ce w eb site a ll a bo ut p ap er siz es (h ttp ://www .p ap er-s ize s.com )

• W e bsite ab ou t th e D IN -A fo rm at (h ttp ://www .g oe th e.d e/A -F orm at)• IE EE -IS TO 5101.1-2002 ''T he Prin ter W orking G roup S tandard for M edia S tandardized N am es"

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• P ap er C haracteristics, S tan dard S izes an d S ize C on versio n

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