1 4 Imperial Size Paper

Foolscap for normal writing.
1 4 imperial size paper. Paper size inches mm. So 2 pieces of a2 paper will fit side by side. The imperial paper sizes were used to define large sheets of paper and the naming convention was derived from the sheet name and how many times it was folded. Imperial paper sizes system chart emperor 1219 x 1829 mm 121 90 x 182 90 cm 1 22 x 1 83 m 47 99 x 72 01 inches 3455 86 x 5185 22 pt 287 93 x 432 01 pc 14398 x 21602 px quad demy 889 x 1143 mm 88 90 x 114 30 cm 0 89 x 1 14 m 35 00 x 45 00 inches 2520 32 x 3240 40 pt 209 98 x 269 98 pc 10500 x 13500 px.
A0 exists but is usually special ordered like the half and quarter imperial sizes the a sizes are based on the next size down always being half of the larger size above it. For example royal paper is 508mm x 635mm and when it is folded three times it makes 8 sheets and goes by the name royal octavo which is 253 mm x 158 mm. A full imperial sheet of paper and an a1 sheet are the two largest standard sizes. Before metrication the uk used british imperial paper sizes most of which were quickly superseded by the iso 216 a series paper sizes however foolscap folio to give it its full name the most commonly used office writing paper took longer to disappear foolscap was still in everyday office use well into the mid 1980 s and the name was often incorrectly used to refer to a4 size paper.
13 1 2 x 8 1 2.