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"number") is added to the end of the size name to clarify the meaning. Note that the Chinese font sizes use American points; the Continental systems traditionally used the Fournier or Didot points. The Fournier points, being smaller than Didot's, were associated with the names of the Didot type closest in size rather than identical in number of ...
Tea saucer is a small plate with an indentation for a cup and a diameter of 6 inches (15 cm). A demi-tasse saucer, or coffee saucer is 4.5 inches (11 cm) in diameter. Soup plate has a diameter of 9 inches (23 cm), [7] a much deeper well and wide rim ("lip"). If the lip is lacking, as often seen in contemporary tableware, it is a "soup bowl".
A blank paperback book Glued binding. A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardback (hardcover) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic.
The Royal Gold Cup is an exceptionally rare survival, made before 1391 for John, Duke of Berry, a French prince, who gave it to his uncle, Charles VI of France. It is in gold, decorated with jewels and scenes in enamel, with a cover and a boiled leather carrying case. It once had a triangular stand which has been lost.
It is a transitional size with the shorter side of ISO A4 (210 mm, 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch) and the longer side of British Foolscap (13-inch, 330 mm). ISO A4 is exactly 90% the height of F4. This size is sometimes also known as (metric) 'foolscap' or 'folio'. In some countries, the narrow side of F4 is slightly broader: 8.5 inches (216 mm) or 215 mm.
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]
A paper cup is a disposable cup made out of paper and often lined or coated with plastic [1] [2] or wax to prevent liquid from leaking out or soaking through the paper. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Disposable cups in shared environments have become more common for hygienic reasons after the advent of the germ theory of disease .
The default margins for Microsoft Word from version 2007 onward have been 1 inch (25.4 mm) all around; in Word 2003, the default top and bottom margins were 1 inch (25.4 mm), but 1.25 inches (31.7 mm) were given at the left and the right. [31] [32] OpenOffice Writer and LibreOffice Writer have 0.79 inch (20 mm) all around. [33]