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Article #4777Re: Looking for official size of A4 paper
From: Victor Eijkhout
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 15:48
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 15:48
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6sigma2@polari.UUCP (Brian Matthews) writes: >I'm looking for the "official" size for A4 paper. I've looked in >three different places so far, and have three different answers. Sigh. >It appears to be around 21cm x 29.7cm, but I'd like the true size, >if it is, in fact, standardized. The figure you give is correct. Paper sizes in the A,B,C, and D series are DIN norms (you can track them through the British or American -- I can't see where you're from -- bureau of standards), and as far as I know: A0 has a surface of 1m^2 with a 2^.5 ratio between the sides, meaning halfing a sheet Ai gives Ai+1 of the same shape. B0 has sides 1m x 2^.5m C, D: I don't know. Victor.
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