Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Merrigan Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:11:00 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <8dj9ejhbmbrlh3a0np07kbi2ivdqm3ift3@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:11:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="43125ea819b9661714bf44f79dae5bb9"; logging-data="749265"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cAcUa8hMlElhbETWTJgrR" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:5/+0xytpzWXD/RqJYFms2/kriE8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 240919-8, 9/19/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2395 On 9/14/2024 9:15 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > Paul Dormer wrote: >> (Amusing fact. The height divided by the width of a sheet of A4 is >> almost exactly the square root of 2. Turn a sheet of A4 to landscape and >> cut it in half and you have two sheets of A5. Put two sheets of A4 next >> to each other and you get a sheet of A3.) > > It is a harmonized system, and is referenced to a specific sheet size which > was manufactured by hand on a screen and then sliced down for different > uses. > > We have a similar arrangement in the US where 11x17 sheets turn into two > 8.5x11 sheets which turn into two 5.5x8.5 sheets and so forth, except that > they all have names many of which today are mostly meaningless.... > > And then we have book sizes which were all functions of the original > folio size but with the coming of rotary presses are all different now... > --scott > --scott On the American sizes go up two steps (17*22, and 22*34 (actually a 34 inch role) and you get standard drafting paper sizes (and news print)). -- Qualified immunity = virtual impunity. Tim Merrigan -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com