Re: [Finale] paper (was Selling music on line)

[Aaron Sherber]

At 10:43 AM 02/09/03, Robert Patterson wrote:
>When this topic came around previously, someone explained the difference
>between offset paper lb ratings (which tend to go 20-40-60-80) and linen
>paper lb ratings (which tend to go 24-28). If anyone still has it, I'd
>like to see it again.

Generally, these "basis weights" are the weight of a ream of that paper with a sheet size that depends on the kind of paper you're talking about. 24lb. copy paper is roughly the same weight as 60lb offset paper, because bond paper (typing paper, copy paper, writing paper, etc.) measures its basis weight with a sheet size of 17x22, and offset paper measures its basis weight with a sheet size of 25x38.

There's a list of basis sizes at http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt0246.html

The metric system disposes with all of this nonsense and just gives paper weight in grams per square meter. Most of the paper at a paper warehouse (like Xpedx) and more and more of the paper at a place like Staples, now includes this measurement as well -- so you can directly compare papers which are classed differently without worrying about basis size.

Aaron.

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