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ADictionaryofUnitsofMeasurement TableofContents
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TraditionalPaperSizes
ThesetraditionalpapersizesaremostlyofBritishorigin.TheyarequiteobsoleteinBritaintoday,replaced
bythemodernISOpapersizes.Someofthemarestillused,atleastinformally,intheU.S.

ThissizeinformationisbasedonMattRobertsandDonEtherington,Bookbindingandtheconservationof
books:adictionaryofdescriptiveterminology.Thisreference,publishedbytheU.S.governmentandnot
copyrighted,hasbeenpostedonlinebyStanfordUniversity.SomeadditionalsizesaretakenfromtheBrainy
Encyclopediawebsite.

Dimensions(inches)
Executive 7.25x10.5
Quarto 8x10
Letter 8.5x11
Legal 8.5x14
Ledger(Tabloid) 11x17
Foolscap 13.5x17
Foolscap,oblongdouble 13.5x34
Pinchedpost 14.5x18.5
Crown(Post) 15x20
Post 15.25x19
Largepost 16.5x21
Foolscap,double 17x27
Demy 17.5x22.5
Medium 18x23
Post,double 19x30.5
Royal 20x25
Crown,double 20x30
Largepost,double 21x33
Imperial 22x30
Demy,double 22.5x35
Elephant 23x28
Medium,double 23x36
Royal,double 25x40
Atlas 26x34
Foolscap,quad 27x34
Crown,quad 30x40
Imperial,double 30x44
Demy,quad 35x45
Medium,quad 36x46
Crown,doublequad 40x60

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