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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 [8] Manila paper was originally made out of old Manila hemp ropes which were extensively used on ships, having replaced true hemp.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 ]
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.
Although they have also officially adopted the ISO 216 paper format, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Colombia, the Philippines, and Chile also use mostly U.S. paper sizes. Rectangular sheets of paper with the ratio 1: √ 2 are popular in paper folding, such as origami, where they are sometimes called "A4 rectangles" or "silver rectangles". [9]
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]
Sterling Paper Products Enterprises also simply known as Sterling or "Orions", is a Philippine school and office supplies and food packaging manufacturing company founded by Lim Seh Leng, father of Henry Lim Bon Liong. It is known as a smooth and high quality paper in a reasonable price.
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.
This list of newspapers currently being published in the Philippines includes broadsheets and tabloids published daily and distributed nationwide. Regional newspapers or those published in the regions are also included.