Letter (paper size)

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

However, in some countries in the Americas as well as in the Philippines, the North American series of paper sizes such as 'Letter' and 'Legal' is more prevalent.

US Letter-size paper is a standard defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI, paper size A), in contrast to A4 paper used by most other countries, and adopted at varying dates, which is defined by the International Organization for Standardization, specifically in ISO 216.

For comparison, the letter paper size commonly used in North America (8+1/2 x) is about 6 mm (0.24 in) wider and 18 mm (0.71 in) shorter than A4.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

US Letter-size paper is a standard defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI, paper size A), in contrast to A4 paper used by most other countries, and adopted at varying dates, which is defined by the International Organization for Standardization, specifically in ISO 216.

US Letter-size paper is a standard defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI, paper size A), in contrast to A4 paper used by most other countries, and adopted at varying dates, which is defined by the International Organization for Standardization, specifically in ISO 216.

The Reagan administration made Letter-size paper the norm for U.S. federal forms in the early 1980s; previously, the smaller "official" Government Letter size, 8 by, was used in government, while 8.5 by paper was standard in most other offices.

The aspect ratio is ≈1.294 and the diagonal is ≈13.901 in length.

The aspect ratio is ≈1.294 and the diagonal is ≈13.901 in length.

In the U.S., paper density is usually measured in "pounds per ream" (of 500 sheets). Typical Letter paper has a basis weight of paper of 20 or – the weight of 500 sheets (a ream) of 17 by 22 in paper at 70 F and at 50% humidity.

Typical Letter paper has a basis weight of paper of 20 or – the weight of 500 sheets (a ream) of 17 by 22 in paper at 70 F and at 50% humidity.

The American Forest & Paper Association says that the standard US dimensions have their origin in the days of manual paper making, the 11" length of the standard paper being about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms". The letter size falls within the range of the historical quarto size, which since pre-modern times refers to page sizes of 8 to 9 in wide and 10 to 11 in high, and it is indeed almost exactly one quarter of the old Imperial (British) paper size known as Demy 4to - 17+1/2 by - allowing a 1/2 in for trimming.

The American Forest & Paper Association says that the standard US dimensions have their origin in the days of manual paper making, the 11" length of the standard paper being about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms". The letter size falls within the range of the historical quarto size, which since pre-modern times refers to page sizes of 8 to 9 in wide and 10 to 11 in high, and it is indeed almost exactly one quarter of the old Imperial (British) paper size known as Demy 4to - 17+1/2 by - allowing a 1/2 in for trimming.

Addicted to War: Why The US Can't Kick Militarism, is a 77 letter-sized page "illustrated exposé" by Joel Andreas published by Frank Dorrel with AK Press in 2002 (ISBN: 1-904859-02-X).

That issue saw the format change to letter size, in the hope that the magazine would be more prominent on newsstands.

Typically, they are B5 sized (slightly smaller than U.S. letter size), although other sizes are also available (typically A4 or A5).