Top 10 Manual for Print- No.1 Format

These are the standard ISO paper sizes, the standard paper sizes are A size, over size A sizes are SRA paper sizes.

 Here is a visual guide to the paper sizes and how they all fold down to make the next size down. The main reason A sizes are used to save money and to save waste when printing.

The A series paper sizes are defined in ISO 216 by the following requirements:
The length divided by the width is 1.4142
The A0 size has an area of 1 square metre.
Each subsequent size A(n) is defined as A(n-1) cut in half parallel to its shorter sides.
The standard length and width of each size is rounded to the nearest millimetre.

North America use Imperial paper sizes not ISO, its important to remember this if you are ever doing work for clients abroad, make sure you know what paper format you need to work to. The American Letter size is the equivalent to A4 paper size.

Envelopes are standardised by C sizes, 'C envelopes sizes are defined as the geometric mean of the A and B sizes with the same number i.e. C4 dimensions are the geometric mean of A4 and B4. This produces a size between the two that makes an envelope that will neatly hold the A series paper of the same size, thus a C4 envelope is perfect for an A4 sheet of paper unfolded.' It is important if you are sending out your work that you consider the size of the paper in relation to the size of the envelope, if you have to use a bigger envelope it could increase the costing.

News papers have standard sizes, the Broadsheet, Tabloid and Berliner are the main standard sizes.

Broadsheet -Dimensions: 750 x 600 mm (29.5" x 23.5")

In Australia and New Zealand the term broadsheet is used to refer to papers that are printed on A1 size paper (841 x 594 mm - 33.1" x 23.4").

 Tabloid-Dimensions: 430 x 280 mm (16.9" x 11.0")

The tabloid size is often referred to as being 'half the size of a broadsheet' however this is not strictly true as broadsheet is 750 x 600 mm (29.5" x 23.5")

Berliner-Dimensions: 470 mm × 315 mm (18.5" × 12.4")

The Berliner format (also known as Midi) is commonly used by newspapers across Europe. Confusingly the title 'Berliner Zeitung', often referred to as just 'Berliner' is not printed in berliner size.