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In Indonesia, where it is the legally-mandated paper size for use in the printing of national legislation, it is sometimes called Folio or HVS (from Dutch: houtvrij schrijfpapier, "wood-free writing paper"). In Philippines, it is commonly called long bond as opposed to short bond which refers to the US Letter paper size.
The Guggenheim claims that this creation of manila paper was a way "of recycling manila rope, previously used on ships." [8] The resulting paper was strong, water-resistant, and flexible. [8] Manila paper was originally made out of old Manila hemp ropes which were extensively used on ships, having replaced true hemp.
The paper was traditionally produced with manila fibers from abacá leaves, also known as manila hemp. [1] This material was named after Manila , capital of the Philippines . Before the end of the 20th century, [ when? ] papermakers replaced the abacá fibers with wood pulp, [ 2 ] which cost less to source and process. [ 3 ]
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]
Standard photographic print sizes are used in photographic printing.Cut sheets of paper meant for printing photographs are commonly sold in these sizes. Many nominal and effective sizes are specified in international standard ISO 1008 using millimeters only, although most are clearly derived from integer-inch lengths.
An index card in a library card catalog.This type of cataloging has mostly been supplanted by computerization. A hand-written American index card A ruled index card. An index card (or record card in British English and system cards in Australian English) consists of card stock (heavy paper) cut to a standard size, used for recording and storing small amounts of discrete data.
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Although metric, based on the A4 paper size, and named to suggest that it is part of the official ISO 216 paper sizes, it is only a de facto standard. It is often referred to as (metric) "foolscap" or "folio" because of its similarity to the traditional foolscap folio size of 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (216 mm × 343 mm).