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Next, you can learn about paper sizing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing And paper weight: https://www.strathmor
by crq-yml 3y ago
Next, you can learn about paper sizing:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing
And paper weight:
https://www.strathmoreartist.com/faq-full/paper-weight-what-does-it-mean https://www.strathmoreartist.com/faq-full/paper-weight-what-...
And then you may feel inspired to acquire paper of all the different types and weights and sample how they perform with various media. Art supply stores, besides stocking premade pads and sketchbooks, often have a back area with drawers of loose paper and slightly more exotic things like acetate. However, while you can get something to a rough standard, you will never really get the same paper twice because the processes and available ingredients keep changing.
- Symbiote 3y agoSince the paper weight being measured in grams per square metre, and: - The A0 sheet is a square metre - A1 is half that, A2 half again etc. - It's simple to calculate the weight of any particular A-series sheet. This is (nowadays only rarely) useful when determining the postage. If I have 6 A4 pages of typical 80g/m² office paper to post, the weight is 6 × (80 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2) = 30g. Until recently, the cheapest national postal rate was for up to 50g, so this was a relevant calculation for the once-in-five-years I sent a multipage letter.
- resolutebat 3y agoDon't forget photo print sizing, which is its own little utterly bizarre world. 8R+, 6PW or Small 12", anyone? (They're the same thing.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_print_sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_print_sizes
- ghaff 3y agoWhich matches up with large format sheet film and typically close to medium format. But is actually a significantly different aspect ratio from 35mm which became almost universal over time.