Re: Int'l book sizes

[David Somers <somersd -at- NATLAB -dot- RESEARCH -dot- PHILIPS -dot- COM>]

Holly,

Please remember that the ISO A range was originally designed for
business letters and not books!
And don't forget the ISO B range of sizes... personally I prefer B5 for
books (A5 is just too darn small!).

Does anybody know if book sizes were ever formally adopted by ISO, or
did the book printers have a 'gentlemans agreement' over common sizes.

Greetings from The Netherlands,

David.

Dan wrote:
>
> Holly
> We just received delivery of the first 4000 new Doc-To-Help 3.0 manuals (just
> for Europe). They are 7 X 9 - so I presume that its okay for those developers.
> But the AnswerWorks manual we produced is in A5 format. (We used Doc Studio to
> convert it from A4 to A5 for printing - took less than an hour).
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Max Wyss
> Sent:   Monday, March 30, 1998 9:49 PM
> To:     TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
> Subject:        Re: Int'l book sizes
>
> Holly,
>
> There are more formats than A4 <g>. In fact, the A series is set up that if
> you fold it in half, you get the next smaller size.
>
> So, if you want to be international (which is a good idea anyway), you
> might think to go to the A5 format.
>
> However, the ideal page size for printing and bookmaking does more depend
> on the sheet size the printer can handle, and then, how can you place 16
> pages on that sheet.
>
> Hope, this can help.
>
> Max Wyss
> PRODOK Engineering AG
> Technical documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
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>
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> Bridging the Knowledge Gap
>
> ________________
>
> >
> >Hello all.  Is there a standard size for printed documentation in =
> >Europe, Japan, or elsewhere (other than the US)?
> >
> >Our current printed documents are 7" x 8 1/2".  I would like to maintain =
> >the smaller format, but my manager wants to go to the A4 size because =
> >it's "international."  It seems to me like any printer in any country =
> >can trim paper to any size, which we have to do in the US because we =
> >have graphics that bleed off the page.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Holly
>
>
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