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Information and Usage¶

This is a list of standard page (media) sizes by name (e.g., 'A4' or 'Legal'), given by width and height in Big Points (72 per inch). See the code in PaperSizes.pm for the actual entries. You do not have to use these names; they are merely provided as convenient shortcuts. You can always specify the desired dimensions (in points) yourself.

The PDF specification (and PDF readers) default to US Letter size (portrait orientation, 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches high). If you want to use anything else, you will have to make a "mediabox()" call to specify the media (paper) size. For named sizes, capitalization doesn't matter (all entries are folded to lower case, so 'A4' and 'a4' work the same).

Different sources give somewhat different paper dimensions, especially for archaic or unusual sizes, so take care and measure your actual paper before printing, so you can avoid wasting paper and time printing to the wrong mediabox! Also keep in mind that many printers cannot print all the way to the edge (don't want to get ink or toner on the paper rollers), so set your margins accordingly.

Available named media sizes, and size¶

You can certainly edit this module to add more named sizes, if you wish to. Or, you can directly give the desired size in Points, in a "box" method.

CAUTION: Before using one of the larger sizes, check if your PDF reader and/or printer will be able to handle it. The official PDF definition only allows up to 200 inches square (14400 Points square), requiring the use of User Units to handle larger media. Many non-Adobe systems ignore this limitation and support much larger sizes, but you should check before doing a lot of work!

Metric sizes

      4a0 --  4760 x 6716 (1679 mm x 2639 mm)
      2a0 --  3368 x 4760 (1188 mm x 1679 mm)
      a0 --   2380 x 3368 (840 mm x 1188 mm)
      a1 --   1684 x 2380 (594 mm x 840 mm)
      a2 --   1190 x 1684 (420 mm x 594 mm)
      a3 --   842 x 1190 (297 mm x 420 mm)
      a4 --   595 x 842 (210 mm x 297 mm)
      a5 --   421 x 595 (149 mm x 210 mm)
      a6 --   297 x 421 (105 mm x 149 mm)
      a7 --   210 x 297 (74 mm x 105 mm)
      a8 --   147 x 210 (52 mm x 74 mm)
      a9 --   105 x 147 (37 mm x 52 mm)
      a10 --  74 x 105 (26 mm x 37 mm)
      4b0 --  5656 x 8000 (1995 mm x 2822 mm)
      2b0 --  4000 x 5656 (1411 mm x 1995 mm)
      b0 --   2828 x 4000 (998 mm x 1411 mm)
      b1 --   2000 x 2828 (706 mm x 998 mm)
      b2 --   1414 x 2000 (499 mm x 706 mm)
      b3 --   1000 x 1414 (353 mm x 499 mm)
      b4 --   707 x 1000 (249 mm x 353 mm)
      b5 --   500 x 707 (176 mm x 249 mm)
      b6 --   353 x 500 (125 mm x 176 mm)
      b7 --   250 x 353 (88 mm x 125 mm)
      b8 --   176 x 250 (62 mm x 88 mm)
      b9 --   125 x 176 (44 mm x 62 mm)
      b10 --  88 x 125 (31 mm x 44 mm)
      c0 --   2600 x 3677 (917 mm x 1297 mm)  Envelope sizes
      c1 --   1837 x 2600 (648 mm x 917 mm)
      c2 --   1298 x 1837 (458 mm x 648 mm)
      c3 --   918 x 1298 (324 mm x 458 mm)
      c4 --   649 x 918 (229 mm x 324 mm)
      c5 --   459 x 649 (162 mm x 229 mm)
      c6 --   323 x 459 (114 mm x 162 mm)
      c7 --   230 x 323 (81 mm x 114 mm)
      c8 --   162 x 230 (57 mm x 81 mm)
      c9 --   113 x 162 (40 mm x 57 mm)
      c10 --  79 x 113 (28 mm x 40 mm)
      jis-b5 --  516 x 729 (182 mm x 257 mm)
      folio --   595 x 935 (210 mm x 330 mm)
      chinese-16k --  524 x 737 (185 mm x 260 mm)
      chinese-32k --  369 x 524 (130 mm x 185 mm)
      16k --  553 x 765 (195 mm x 270 mm)
      jp-postcard --  283 x 420 (100 mm x 148 mm)
      dbl-postcard --  420 x 567 (148 mm x 200 mm)
      env-c5 --  459 x 649 (162 mm x 229 mm)
      env-dl --  312 x 624 (110 mm x 220 mm)
      env-c6 --  323 x 459 (114 mm x 162 mm)
      env-cho-3 --  340 x 666 (120 mm x 235 mm)
      env-cho-4 --  255 x 581 (90 mm x 205 mm)
      p1 --  1587 x 2438 (560 mm x 860 mm)  Canadian correspondence
      p2 --  1219 x 1587 (430 mm x 560 mm) 
      p3 --  794 x 1219 (280 mm x 430 mm)
      p4 --  609 x 794 (215 mm x 280 mm)
      p5 --  397 x 609 (140 mm x 215 mm)
      p6 --  303 x 397 (107 mm x 140 mm)

Mixed sizes

      universal --  595 x 792 (210 mm x 11 in)

This is not a standard or official size, but a PDF::Builder size, which should print OK on either A4 or US Letter paper size. It is narrow (like A4) and short (like letter). Your content will be in the lower left of the paper, when printed, with extra top margin on A4 or extra right margin on Letter.

US/British (non-metric) sizes

      broadsheet --  1296 x 1584 (18 in x 22 in) sometimes 1224 x 1584!
      executive --  522 x 756 (7.25 in x 10.5 in)
      foolscap --  576 x 936 (8 in x 13 in) sometimes 360 x 486!
      gov-legal --  612 x 936 (8.5 in x 13 in)
      gov-letter --  576 x 756 (8 in x 10.5 in)
      jr-legal --  360 x 576 (5 in x 8 in)
      ledger --  1224 x 792 (17 in x 11 in)
      legal --  612 x 1008 (8.5 in x 14 in)
      letter --  612 x 792 (8.5 in x 11 in)
      letter-plus --  612 x 914 (8.5 in x 12.7 in)
      quarto --  576 x 720 (8 in x 10 in)
      student --  396 x 612 (5.5 in x 8.5 in) a.k.a. statement, half-letter
      tabloid --  792 x 1224 (11 in x 17 in) ledger rotated (portrait mode)
      36x36 --  2592 x 2592 (36 in x 36 in)
      dbill --  216 x 504 (3 in x 7 in)
      old-paper --  648 x 864 (9 in x 12 in)
      env-10 --  297 x 684 (4.125 in x 9.5 in)
      env-monarch --  279 x 540 (3.875 in x 7.5 in)
      a --  612 x 791 (8.5 in x 11 in) ANSI technical drawing paper
      b --  791 x 1225 (11 in x 17 in)
      c --  1225 x 1585 (17 in x 22 in)
      d --  1585 x 2449 (22 in x 34 in)
      e --  2449 x 3169 (34 in x 44 in)
      f --  2016 x 2880 (28 in x 40 in)
      b-plus --  936 x 1368 (13 in x 19 in)  a.k.a. super-B, A3+, super-A3
      arch-a --  648 x 864 (9 in x 12 in)
      arch-b --  864 x 1296 (12 in x 18 in)
      arch-c --  1296 x 1728 (18 in x 24 in)
      arch-d --  1728 x 2592 (24 in x 36 in)
      arch-e --  2592 x 3456 (36 in x 48 in)
      arch-e1 --  2160 x 3024 (30 in x 42 in)
      pott --  288 x 450 (3.9 in x 6.25 in)  British sizes
      post --  360 x 576 (5 in x 8 in)
      large-post --  378 x 594 (5.25 in x 8.25 in)
      crown --  360 x 540 (5 in x 7.5 in)
      large-crown --  378 x 576 (5.25 in x 8 in)
      demy --  409 x 630 (5.68 in x 8.75 in)
      small-demy --  409 x 612 (5.68 in x 8.5 in)
      medium --  414 x 648 (5.75 in x 9 in)
      royal --  450 x 720 (6.25 in x 10 in)
      small-royal --  445 x 666 (6.18 in x 9.25 in)
      super-royal --  486 x 738 (6.75 in x 10.25 in)
      imperial --  540 x 792 (7.5 in x 11 in)