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My favorite proportion, enforced by various bits of TeX documentation set up to be printed on either side of the pond, is 210mm wide (A4 width), but 11" high (l
by WillAdams 4y ago
My favorite proportion, enforced by various bits of TeX documentation set up to be printed on either side of the pond, is 210mm wide (A4 width), but 11" high (letter-sized height).
It's a workable compromise which ensures that all versions of a document have the same pagination/index.
- swores 4y agoI'm curious if there's a reason, or just accidental quirk of your comment, that you gave one dimension in mm and the other in inches?
- TylerE 4y agoBecause that’s what the standards are specified as?
- swores 4y agoAh thanks, hadn't stopped and thought about "letter-sized" being an American standard. I still think it's odd to not translate one or the other if describing a 2D size, though.
- WillAdams 4y agoI wasn't using my Mac where I have a Service which will do dimension calculations/unit conversions on the fly. Type: 11*25.4 select it and choose Safari | Services | Calculate and Replace (or hit command #) 279.4
- barryparr 4y agoYou could also store paper with those proportions in American file cabinets without folding.
- WillAdams 4y agoAnd they can be stored in A4-sized cabinets w/o difficulty as well.