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Although metric, based on the A4 paper size, and named to suggest that it is part of the official ISO 216 paper sizes, it is only a de facto standard. It is often referred to as (metric) "foolscap" or "folio" because of its similarity to the traditional foolscap folio size of 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (216 mm × 343 mm).
It also appears to draw inspiration from a foolscap map created in 1575 by the French mapmaker Jean de Fourmont. [2] There is wide speculation that it was created by members of a Christian sect called the Familists , which valued global viewpoints while stressing the importance of self-reflection. [ 3 ]
Foolscap or fool’s cap may refer to: Foolscap folio, a paper size of 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 × 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (216 × 343 mm) Foolscap, a paper size of 17 × 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (432 × 343 mm) Foolscap, a book by Michael Malone; Fool’s cap, a cap with bells worn by court jesters
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] Mexico and Colombia, for instance, have adopted the ISO standard, but the US Letter format is still the system in use throughout the country.
The following table is adapted from the scale of the American Library Association, [1] [9] which uses a basis sheet of 19-by-25-inch (483 by 635 mm) [10] which is, confusingly if not explained by the source, half the text/book stock sheet of 25-by-38-inch (635 by 965 mm), and in which size refers to the dimensions of the cover (trimmed pages ...
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Successive paper sizes in the series (A1, A2, A3, etc.) are defined by halving the area of the preceding paper size and rounding down, so that the long side of A(n + 1) is the same length as the short side of An. Hence, each next size is nearly exactly half the area of the prior size. So, an A1 page can fit two A2 pages inside the same area.
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