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> why not round up to 212x300 mm? Because the A standard's baseline is A0 which has exactly 1m^2 area. So that nice rounding did happen, just at the baseline s
by orlp 4y ago
> why not round up to 212x300 mm?
Because the A standard's baseline is A0 which has exactly 1m^2 area. So that nice rounding did happen, just at the baseline scale, and on area. The B series is a tad larger, B0 happens to exactly be 1,000 × 1,414 mm.
- ygra 4y agoWhich also makes it quite nice to know how much a sheet of paper weighs. At 80 g/m² you'll get 5 g (80 / 2⁴) for A4. Handy for quickly determining how much postage to put on an envelope based on how many pages you put inside it.
- Ekaros 4y agoI love describing 41,4% as tad. Then again I suppose concept of comparing areas is bit harder.