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minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-23 days agoThe A standard is not as perfect as you might think. Because the paper manufacturers round that perfect root 2 down to a whole integer in size every time, there is accumulated error in every size. You might not notice a millimeter or two on an A1, but as the size of the paper gets smaller, the error gets bigger because of the rounding.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIt really doesn’t matter in practice. Important part is that you can fold A4 into A5
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoI’ll always upvote Matt Parker
The A standard is not as perfect as you might think. Because the paper manufacturers round that perfect root 2 down to a whole integer in size every time, there is accumulated error in every size.
You might not notice a millimeter or two on an A1, but as the size of the paper gets smaller, the error gets bigger because of the rounding.
It really doesn’t matter in practice. Important part is that you can fold A4 into A5
I’ll always upvote Matt Parker