Followup to: <aaplfr$25o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author: "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: linux.utf8
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> In the former case, I would like to propose a "worldwide compromise"
> page size -- 210 x 279 mm. Such a page can be printed, cleanly, on
> either on A4 (210 x 297 mm) or US-letter (216 x 279 mm) by expanding
> either the horizontal (US-letter) or vertical (A4) margin.
>
As I just found Markus' excellent page on the ISO paper sizes, I
didn't realize this format actually has a name, it's called PA4.
Quoting from Markus' page:
It was proposed for an early draft of ISO 216 to recommended the
special size 210 � 280 mm (a format sometimes called PA4) as an
interim measure for countries that use 215 � 280 mm paper and have
not yet adopted the ISO A series. Some magazines and other print
products that have to be printed economically on both A4 and
U.S. Letter presses use the PA4 format today. Incidentally, this
PA4 format has a width/height ratio of 3:4, the same as
traditional TV screens and most computer monitors and video modes.
I think it would be very wise for publishers of preformatted
electronic documents such as PDF to use the PA4 format in order to
maximize worldwide compatiblity.
-hpa
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