Paper Size
Fractions to Decimals
Printer's Measuring System
Layout Concepts
Layout Concepts 2
100
8.5" by 11"
What is letter?
100
0.5"
What is 1/2"?
100
6 picas
What is 1 inch?
100
Vertical Page Format; page is taller than it is wide
What is portrait?
100
Space between top edge of page and top margin
What is header?
200
8.5" by 14"
What is legal?
200
0.25"
What is 1/4"?
200
72 points (pts)
What is 1 inch?
200
Horizontal Page Format; page is wider than it is tall
What is landscape?
200
space between bottom edge of page and bottom margin
What is footer?
300
11" by 17"
What is tabloid (or ledger)?
300
0.125"
What is 1/8"?
300
12 points (pts)
What is 1 pica?
300
layout is built with left and right side pages; shows two pages side by side
What is facing pages?
300
final size (after all binding and trimming) of the document
What is Page size?
400
18" by 24"
What is broadsheet?
400
0.375"
What is 3/8"?
400
1 pica and 6 points (1p6)
What is .25"? (or 1/4 inch)
400
vertical sections of page for text and graphics positioning
What is columns?
400
Size of paper used to print the job
What is Paper size?
500
8.3" by 11.7"
What is A4?
500
0.625"
What is 5/8"?
500
72 picas (72p0)
What is 12"?
500
Usually blank space along the four edges of the page
What is margins?
500
Space between columns
What is gutters?
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