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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. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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   Then, the size of A5 paper is half of A4, i.e. 148 mm × 210 mm (5.8 in × 8.3 in). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The geometric rationale for using the square root of 2 is to maintain the aspect ratio of each subsequent rectangle after cutting or folding an A-series sheet in half, perpendicular to the larger side.

4. Paper size - Wikipedia

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   It has the height of Canadian P4 paper (215 mm × 280 mm, about 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 11 in) and the width of international A4 paper (210 mm × 297 mm or 8.27 in × 11.69 in), i.e. it uses the smaller value among the two for each side. The table shows how this format can be generalized into an entire format series.

5. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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   US Paper Sizes Size Width x Height (mm) Width x Height (in) Aspect Ratio Half Letter 140 x 216 5.5 x 8.5 1:1.5455 Letter 216 x 279 8.5 x 11.0 1:1.2941 Legal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14.0 1:1.6471 Junior Legal 127 x 203 5.0 x 8.0 1:1.6000 Ledger/Tabloid 279 x 432 11.0 x 17.0 1:1.5455

6. 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 ...

7. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Word, for instance, suggests every even size between 8 and 28 points and, additionally, 9, 11, 36, 48 and 72 points, i.e. the larger sizes equal 3, 4 and 6 picas. While most software nowadays defaults to DTP points, many allow specifying font size in other units of measure (e.g., inches, millimeters, pixels), especially code-based ...

8. Kosovars Who Rebuilt War-Torn Village Face New Threat As ...

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   In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...

9. Aspect ratio (image) - Wikipedia

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   Common print sizes in the United States (in inches) include 4×6 (1.5), 5×7 (1.4), 4×5 and 8×10 (1.25), and 11×14 (1.27); large format cameras typically use one of these aspect ratios. Medium-format cameras typically have format designated by nominal sizes in centimeters (6×6, 6×7, 6×9, 6×4.5), but these numbers should not be ...