Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Department, replaced by Calibri

Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by zinekeller on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:54PM (#34436518)

For Americans et al. who don't know:

- A3 is (within physical tolerances, anyway) twice the size of A4

- A5 is half the size of A4

- A0 is the biggest size and and has an area of 1 square meter, although it is not a square but instead it has an aspect ratio of 1:sqrt(2) (technically all A-series papers have this aspect ratio because math says it is the aspect ratio that retains itself when halved)

- In practical sense, A5 is the smallest pre-packaged A-series paper that I have personally encountered, although I guess someone would chime that they handled A6 (half of A5) or smaller.

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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by elygre on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:06AM (#34436908)

Never saw A6 printer paper, but it’s quite common for note cards / index cards.

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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by japaneseminisub on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:31AM (#34455480)

> technically all A-series papers have this aspect ratio because math says it is the aspect ratio that retains itself when halved

I never knew this, but that's awesome. Thanks for the info!

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