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2. Letter (paper size) - Wikipedia

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   The Reagan administration made Letter-size paper the norm for US federal forms in the early 1980s; previously, the smaller "official" Government Letter size, 8 by 10.5 inches (203.2 by 266.7 mm) (aspect ratio: 1.3125), was used in government, while 8.5-by-11-inch (215.9 by 279.4 mm) paper was standard in most other offices. [2]

3. Paper size - Wikipedia

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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 (11 × 17 is a short grain) or the letter "M" for "machine" (11M × 17 is a short ...

4. Foolscap folio - Wikipedia

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   Folded foolscap was often 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 16 inches (317 mm × 406 mm), but smaller and larger sizes were also found. [14] Legal foolscap of 8 by 24 inches (203 mm × 610 mm) was always sold ruled and folded in half at the printers by a folding machine, resulting in a leaflet 8 by 12 inches (203 mm × 305 mm), almost the same as modern A4 paper ...

5. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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   216 x 356 8.5 x 14.0 1:1.6471 Junior Legal 127 x 203 5.0 x 8.0 ... ANSI Standard Paper Sizes ANSI Paper Size Width x Height (mm) Width x Height (in) Aspect Ratio

6. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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   All ISO 216, ISO 217 and ISO 269 paper sizes (except some envelopes) have the same aspect ratio, √ 2:1, within rounding to millimetres. This ratio has the unique property that when cut or folded in half widthways, the halves also have the same aspect ratio. Each ISO paper size is one half of the area of the next larger size in the same series ...

7. Paper - Wikipedia

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   The thickness of paper is often measured by caliper, which is typically given in thousandths of an inch in the United States and in micrometres (μm) in the rest of the world. [19] Paper may be between 0.07 and 0.18 millimetres (0.0028 and 0.0071 in) thick. [20] Paper is often characterized by weight.