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  2. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    Most industry standards express the direction of the grain last when giving dimensions (that is, 17 × 11 inches is short grain paper and 11 × 17 inches is long grain paper), although alternatively the grain alignment can be explicitly indicated with an underline (11 × 17 is a short grain) or the letter "M" for "machine" (11M × 17 is a short ...

  3. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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    All ISO 216, ISO 217 and ISO 269 paper sizes (except some envelopes) have the same aspect ratio, √ 2:1, within rounding to millimetres. This ratio has the unique property that when cut or folded in half widthways, the halves also have the same aspect ratio. Each ISO paper size is one half of the area of the next larger size in the same series ...

  4. Letter (paper size) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Foolscap folio - Wikipedia

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    A full foolscap size paper of 14 by 17 inches (356 mm × 432 mm) is also widely available for arts and crafts etc. alongside the 11 by 17 inches (279 mm × 432 mm) tabloid size. In the United States in the 19th century, paper was sold either flat or folded in half.

  6. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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    279 x 432 11.0 x 17.0 1:1.5455 ... ANSI Standard Paper Sizes ANSI Paper Size Width x Height (mm) Width x Height (in) Aspect Ratio Closest ISO Size A 216 x 279

  7. ANSI/ASME Y14.1 - Wikipedia

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    A size chart illustrating the ANSI sizes. In 1992, the American National Standards Institute adopted ANSI/ASME Y14.1 Decimal Inch Drawing Sheet Size and Format, [1] which defined a regular series of paper sizes based upon the de facto standard 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 11 in "letter" size to which it assigned the designation "ANSI A". This series also ...