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From: ccjal @cc.newcastle.edu.au (John A Lambert)
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Subject: Re: a4.sty & article.sty
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.015237.27361@neddy.newcastle.edu.au>
Date: 11 Jun 91 01:52:37 GMT
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>In article <TML.91Jun7163720@nyyti.tik.vtt.fi>, tml@tik.vtt.fi (Tor 
Lillqvist) writes:
>> In article <1390003@hparc0.HP.COM> dak@hparc0.HP.COM (Dave Kruger) 
writes:
>>          A0 - 1189 mm x 841 mm
>> 
>> And in case somebody doesn't know, this makes one square meter.
>> 
>> Then there are parallel series of B and C sizes used for envelopes.
>B0 - 1414 mm x 1000 mm
>
>Does anybody know the details about the C size?

B0 is 1414 mm x 1000 mm (the same square root of 2 to 1 ratio).

C0 is 917 mm x 1297 mm which falls between B0 and A0. C sizes are used 
solely
for envelopes.


John A Lambert
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