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=== Before Standardization ===
=== Before Standardization ===
Since early books were exclusively handmade materials, page sizes varied considerably and without any stand for uniformity. During the manual paper making process, the size of the paper was governed by the size of the framed screen used to hold and mould the paper material solution.
Since early books were exclusively handmade materials, page sizes varied considerably and without any stand for uniformity. During the manual paper making process, the size of the paper was governed by the size of the framed screen used to hold and mould the paper material solution.
=== Before ISO 216 Standardization ===
==== British Imperial Paper Sizes ====
==== Traditional French Paper Sizes ====


=== International Standardizations ===
=== International Standardizations ===
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=== North American Standardizations ===


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Revision as of 15:51, 7 December 2020

History

Before Standardization

Since early books were exclusively handmade materials, page sizes varied considerably and without any stand for uniformity. During the manual paper making process, the size of the paper was governed by the size of the framed screen used to hold and mould the paper material solution.

Before ISO 216 Standardization

British Imperial Paper Sizes

Traditional French Paper Sizes

International Standardizations

German physicist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg appears to be have proposed the standardized paper size system [[1]]

North American Standardizations

Link to something else

References

Bloom, Jonathan. Paper Before Print: the History and Impact of Paper In the Islamic World. E-book, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, https://hdl-handle-net.proxy.library.upenn.edu/2027/heb.06496. Accessed 3 Dec 2020.