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From the article: > US Letter: 216 mm x 279 mm > A4: 210 mm × 297 mm so it's 18mm longer while being 6mm narrower. At that small a difference, I would assume
by skore 12y ago
From the article:
> US Letter: 216 mm x 279 mm
> A4: 210 mm × 297 mm
so it's 18mm longer while being 6mm narrower. At that small a difference, I would assume that a preference of one over the other is similar to that of metric vs. imperial - the one you were raised on just seems right.
Which one did you grow up with?
- jgrahamc 12y agoI grew up with the A sizes of paper and agree with the parent comment. When I moved to the US I was pleasantly surprised by the size/shape of US Letter sized paper.
- eterm 12y agoBut it is both 18mm and 6mm narrower, so it goes from 1.414 to 1.29 in terms of ratio. In other words A4 seems 10% narrower in terms of shape, which isn't insignificant. Having said that, I'd rather keep A4 given the useful properties described in the article.
- johnchristopher 12y agoFor what it's worth: I am a European, still living in Europe and surrounded by A4 and I envy American's US Letter format. I almost always have the feeling that A4 is too big.
- nileshtrivedi 12y agoThat's a 9.5% difference in the aspect ratio. I don't think that's small.
- realusername 12y agoIt's just that you can resize everything while still keeping the same portions with the A* paper while with the US formats you just have to redesign everything.