Comment by abraxas
2 days ago
As a European living in North America I developed a weird cognitive dissonance. When I'm in North America the regular printer page (US Letter) seems too squat. When I'm in Europe the A4 page looks too svelte. I now need an in-between format for it to look "right".
> When I'm in Europe the A4 page looks too svelte.
Off-topic but as a non-native English speaker, TIL what svelte means lol. I often get exposure of new words first from a product name. Same happened with Chrome.
B5
Assuming "squat" and "svelte" refer to the aspect ratio, isn't B5 going to look just as "svelte" as A4?
B series paper sizes is a thing I knew but wish I didn't.
See also C series. Thankfully largely a moot point now.
Also sqrt(2) isn't the golden number. Not far from it but still...
The golden ratio makes for even less balanced paper than sqrt(2)