From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > So, Guido - why are you compiling with A4 instead of US letter? > > Don't most people print sheet music using standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch > > Typically an American question .... > I'm glad I'm not "most people" ;-)
> Ah, so this is what it has come down to now: US Bashing. >... > "(I do realize that many of "us" are not in the US, so this may be pure ignorance here as well)." I shouldn't take so much offence. (Or even offense. <g>) Many in the USA do not realise (in different degrees) that the most of the rest of the world does not regard US paper sizes as in any way "standard" at all, but rather a rather a very strange peculiarity of North America. Your parenthetical remark is well taken by most, but the very fact you had to ask why he was using A4 does indicate a US-centric view point. Over here it is a very strange question indeed. I would never dream of asking why someone in the USA would format things for this very strange and weird non-standard 8 1/2" by 11" paper size, because the answer is obvious. The answer the other way is equally obvious. Guido, and most of the other inhabitants of Europe, and probably other continents, would probably find it somewhere between quite difficult and impossible to buy paper in that size. I have just come back from shopping at Staples where there are shelves and shelves of A4 paper in different colours and weights. I was looking for off-white 120g A4, but they had sold out of that particular one. Now they may have had some US-letter hidden away somewhere but I didn't see any (in any weight or colour), and I would really be quite surprised to find any. Just as I would be surprised to find the old UK standards foolscap and quarto. Dave David Webber Author MOZART the music processor for Windows - http://www.mozart.co.uk For discussion/support see http://www.mozart.co.uk/mzusers/mailinglist.htm To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
