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On 2015-10-30 02:16, "luser- -droog" wrote:

> [...]
> 
> /A0 [ 841 mm 1189 mm ] def
> /A1 A0 aload pop 2 div exch 2 array astore def
> /A2 A1 aload pop 2 div exch 2 array astore def
> /A3 A2 aload pop 2 div exch 2 array astore def
> /A4 A3 aload pop 2 div exch 2 array astore def
> /A5 A4 aload pop 2 div exch 2 array astore def

That's incorrect -- the standardized height and width of the paper
formats is a _rounded_ number of millimeters.

> [...]

Of course the official ISO standard isn't free (CHF 58, 9 pages).

Michael


[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_216>
[2] <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html>
[3]
<http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=36631>

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