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2. 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 ...

3. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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   The history of paper is often attributed to the Han dynasty (25-220 AD) when Cai Lun, a Chinese court official and inventor, made paper sheets using the “bark of trees, remnants of hemp, rags of cloth, and fishing nets.” [5] Cai Lun's method of papermaking received praise during his time for offering a more convenient alternative to writing ...

4. Foolscap folio - Wikipedia

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   A full foolscap size paper of 14 by 17 inches (356 mm × 432 mm) is also widely available for arts and crafts etc. alongside the 11 by 17 inches (279 mm × 432 mm) tabloid size. In the United States in the 19th century, paper was sold either flat or folded in half.

5. Letter (paper size) - Wikipedia

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   The precise origins of the dimensions of US letter-size paper (8.5 × 11 in) are not known. The American Forest & Paper Association says that the standard US dimensions have their origin in the days of manual papermaking, the 11-inch length of the standard paper being about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms". [2]

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7. Newspaper format - Wikipedia

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   Comparison of some newspaper sizes with metric paper sizes. Approximate nominal dimensions are in millimetres. ... Tabloid 430 mm × 280 mm (17 in × 11 in) (1.536 ...