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Comparison of some near-A4 paper sizes: Image title: Comparison of A4, C4, PA4, Legal, Letter/ANSI A, Government letter, Foolscap folio and Arch A paper, as well as 8R/6P and S8R/6PW photographic paper sizes by CMG Lee. In the SVG file, hover over an outline or its label to highlight it. Width: 100%: Height: 100%
US paper sizes are currently standard in the United States and are the most commonly used formats at least in the Philippines, most of Mesoamerica [30] and Chile. The latter use US Letter, but their Legal size is 13 inches tall (recognized as Foolscap by printer manufacturers), [24] i.e. one inch shorter than its US equivalent. [31]
Today in the United States, a half-foolscap sized paper for printing is standardized to 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 14 inches (216 mm × 356 mm), widely available and sold as "legal sized paper" for printing, writing, note-taking etc. A full foolscap size paper of 14 by 17 inches (356 mm × 432 mm) is also widely available for arts and crafts etc. alongside ...
Visualization with paper sizes in formats A0 to A8, exhibited at the science museum CosmoCaixa Barcelona An A4 paper sheet folded into two A5 size pages. ISO 216 is an international standard for paper sizes, used around the world except in North America and parts of Latin America.
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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