Paper Size
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A Paper Size is a international standard measurement that specifies the area of piece of paper.
- AKA: Paper Format.
- Example(s):
- an ISO Paper Sizes such as:
- American Series Paper Sizes and Imperial British Paper Sizes such as:
- ANSI (American paper size)s
- CAN (Canadian paper size)s
- DIN 476 (German standard paper sizes),
- SIS 014711 (Swedish standard paper sizes),
- JIS (Japanese standard paper sizes),
- GB/T 148-1997 (Chinese standard paper sizes),
- GOST 9327-60 (Soviet Union standard paper sizes),
- Counter-Example(s)
- See: ISO 269, Paper, ISO 216, The Americas, Philippines, Letter (Paper Size), Stationery, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size Retrieved:2018-3-18.
- Many paper size standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries. Today, the A and B series of ISO 216, which includes the commonly used A4 size, are the international standard used by almost every country. However, in many countries in the Americas as well as in the Philippines, the North American series of paper sizes such as 'Letter' is more prevalent.[1]
Paper sizes affect writing paper, stationery, cards, and some printed documents. The international standard for envelopes is the C series of ISO 269.
- Many paper size standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries. Today, the A and B series of ISO 216, which includes the commonly used A4 size, are the international standard used by almost every country. However, in many countries in the Americas as well as in the Philippines, the North American series of paper sizes such as 'Letter' is more prevalent.[1]
- ↑ Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela according to CLDR (version 31), Territory Information, which is a data collection used by almost all software manufacturers.