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Tuesday 29 June 2010

Excellent Tutorial Site

This site is a slick and interesting 'tutorial' site.  Even the most experienced mac aficionado will be inspired or helped. Why not check it out and drop us a comment, or your own suggestions!

Friday 11 June 2010

Paper Sizes - a quick reference!

The most common system of paper sizes in Europe is the ISO standard All sizes are given in millimetres

The aspect ratio of ISO paper sheets is 1 to 1.414 (the square root of 2). This creates a useful property; if you cut an A sheet in half the resulting parts will be the same proportion as the original. This also creates two sheets of the next A size down, for example an A4 cut in half = two sheets of A5.


You may hear about two other paper sizes, the RA and SRA, which are used in print manufacturing. These are larger than the A sizes to allow for trim marks and bleed. Some print jobs will also require to go on sizes if they are non standard.
(The ISO system is much rarer in the USA)
Please bookmark this post to keep as a handy guide!