- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 05:09:53 +0200
- To: Rowland Shaw <Rowland.Shaw@crystaldecisions.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
Also sprach Rowland Shaw:
> > 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.
>
> Maybe I'm just being a shade ignorant here, but my understanding is that at
> least A4 is internationally recognised? (It would follow that the A series
> is supported internationally) - at the very least, I doubt there is any
> other definition of A4?
A4 is uniquely defined, I believe. The issue raised by the
manufacturer was that there are many other systems in addition to the
A? series. There the B?, C?, us-* etc. Deciding where to draw the line
is tricky.
-h&kon
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