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As a European living in North America I developed a weird cognitive dissonance. When I'm in North America the regular printer page (US Letter) seems too squat.

by abraxas 9mo ago

As a European living in North America I developed a weird cognitive dissonance. When I'm in North America the regular printer page (US Letter) seems too squat. When I'm in Europe the A4 page looks too svelte. I now need an in-between format for it to look "right".

dominicrose 9mo ago
Also sqrt(2) isn't the golden number. Not far from it but still...
- wyan 9mo ago
  The golden ratio makes for even less balanced paper than sqrt(2)
trueismywork 9mo ago
B5
- _carbyau_ 9mo ago
  B series paper sizes is a thing I knew but wish I didn't. See also C series. Thankfully largely a moot point now.
- dghf 9mo ago
  Assuming "squat" and "svelte" refer to the aspect ratio, isn't B5 going to look just as "svelte" as A4?
johanyc 9mo ago
> When I'm in Europe the A4 page looks too svelte. Off-topic but as a non-native English speaker, TIL what svelte means lol. I often get exposure of new words first from a product name. Same happened with Chrome.