- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 03:53:07 +0200
- To: Michael Day <mikeday@yeslogic.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Also sprach Michael Day:
> This is a proposal for an extension to the page size property to take
> named paper sizes in addition to lengths, to make it easier for users to
> specify standard paper sizes without resorting to a ruler.
>
> Syntax:
>
> @page { size: identifier1 [identifier2] }
>
> identifier1 is the case-insensitive name for a standard paper size.
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html has a suitable list of
> standard paper size names and dimensions, for example:
>
> A4 : 210mm x 297mm
> A5 : 148mm x 210mm
I have some sympathy for the proposal, and I think the "A4" value was
part of the proposal for the "size" property at some point. It was
removed based on feedback from a major printer manufacturer who said
there are lots of different systems and conventions for naming paper
sizes worldwide.
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie cto °þe®ª
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