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Twice in the past century the US changed paper sizes. During WWII, to save paper, the government mandated that letter size would be one inch shorter, so it was
by pseingatl 4y ago
Twice in the past century the US changed paper sizes.
During WWII, to save paper, the government mandated that letter size would be one inch shorter, so it was 7 1/2 x 10. This innovation did not survive the war.
Legal documents submitted to court had to be on legal size paper. In Florida, this was prohibited by the end of the 1980's. Land deeds followed thereafter.
Not sure when federal courts jumped to letter paper.
Letter paper is the default for LaTeX. Thank the gods for the KOMA classes.
- hilbert42 4y agoThe British and Commonwealth countries were hardly better with their foolscap and legal sizes, it was a big mess. The A sizes, A4 etc., and the B sizes for posters and art are significant step forward because of their ISO standardization and widespread adoption However, from my perspective, it's not perfect, especially so at the 'edges'. For example the width of A7 shirt-pocket size notebooks of the spiral-bound flip-over variety are just too narrow to use comfortably, here the standard breaks down. Before ISO standardization notebooks of this type were often wider and easier to use, also they were commonly available.