Re: standard paper sizes

[rv]

>I'm thinking of making it easier to change paper sizes by building in
>various standard paper sizes and giving them names, so that one could
>say things like
>
>       @Book
>           @Paper { A4 }
>
>instead of having to specify page width and height.  However I'm no
>expert on paper sizes, the only ones I know at the moment are A3, A4
>and A5.  

Here's an excerpt from the Ghostview man page.  


rodrigo vanegas
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|
|         MEDIA
|
| The entries on the Media menu set the page  media.
|
| [...]
|
| Here are the standard media names and their sizes.
| The  size  is  given  as  the  width and height in
| PostScript points.
| Letter          612 x  792    (8.5 x 11  in.)
| Tabloid         792 x 1224    (11  x 17  in.)
| Ledger         1224 x  792    (17  x 11  in.)
| Legal           612 x 1008    (8.5 x 14  in.)
| Statement       396 x  612    (5.5 x 8.5 in.)
| Executive       540 x  720    (7.5 x 10  in.)
| A3              842 x 1190
| A4              595 x  842
| A5              420 x  595
| B4              729 x 1032
| B5              516 x  729
| Folio           612 x  936    (8.5 x 13  in.)
| Quarto          610 x  780
| 10x14           720 x 1008    (10  x 14  in.)
|