6.0624 Rs: A4 Page (4/47)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 29 Mar 1993 14:35:20 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0624. Monday, 29 Mar 1993.
(1) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 12:58:07 +0200 (EET) (10 lines)
From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL
Subject: RE: 6.0621 Qs: A4 Page
(2) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 09:48:01 +0100 (9 lines)
From: "Gunhild Viden" <viden@trubaduren.hum.gu.se>
Subject: Re. Length of A4-paper
(3) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 1:01:52 EST (18 lines)
From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net>
Subject: A4, Goethe
(4) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 22:41:28 CST (10 lines)
From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu>
Subject: Re: 6.0621 A4
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 12:58:07 +0200 (EET)
From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL
Subject: RE: 6.0621 Qs: A4 Page
We reckon an A4 page as 66 lines, but if you want a decent margin at
top and bottom you can only get 60 lines (or less) on it. Whoever
quoted you 60 lines was presumably taking margins into account, and
referring to lines of actual text printable.
Judy Koren, Haifa.
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 09:48:01 +0100
From: "Gunhild Viden" <viden@trubaduren.hum.gu.se>
Subject: Re. Length of A4-paper
The length of an A4-paper is 70 lines (297 x 210 mm.)
Gunhild Viden
Univ. of Goteborg, Sweden
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 93 1:01:52 EST
From: Ed Haupt <haupt@pilot.njin.net>
Subject: A4, Goethe
A4 paper is quite well standard in Europe, I think. The A4 code is one
I associate with D(eutsche) I(nstitut) fuer N(ormalisierung) and they
have other standard sizes as well. Octane ratings and even lists of
techy vocabulary have DIN sources. There's even a DIN journal. You
can find the sizes in Wordperferct, which prints them in metric and
(nonstandard) English. I think the 60 line convention may have something
to do with the use of 1.5 line spacing as a standard, at least in German.
The Goethe biography is by Nicholas Boyle, and I find it's approach,
based on the centrality of the poetic work, wonderful. It is quite important
to have the late 18th century cast of cultural characters firmly in hand,
though, or else it's too much like War and Peace.
Ed Haupt
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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 93 22:41:28 CST
From: Norman Hinton <hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu>
Subject: Re: 6.0621 A4
The note about the length of A4 paper gives me a chance to ask something I
have wondered about for years and years: why is it called A4 ? Are there
other letters and numbers used for other sizes ? And what if anything is
the rationale for such a system if it does indeed exist ?
Norman Hinton hinton@eagle.sangamon.edu