Paper Types

[diana groves]

Where does the term A4 paper come from?

[Rystan]

I had to cheat and look this one up, but there's an excellent answer here:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html

Seems this is a name given to a certain class size of paper by the ISO (International Standards Organization), the same folks who brought you easy-to-remember monikers like 802.11G and IEEE1394. The description you're about to read is probably more answer than you wanted.

Hope this helps.