Jon Freeman writes: | From: "John Chambers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | > Actually, if you look at music published in the US, you'll have | > trouble finding any that is printed on the 8.5x11-inch "letter" size | > paper. Music is usually printed on larger pages. The most common size | > is 9x12 inches, but there are many other sizes. It's impossible to | > make a shelf of printed music look neat and orderly. There is a | > common conspiracy theory that this done to make it difficult for | > people to copy the music. But these sizes long predate the advent of | > copiers, so that theory doesn't really explain the mess. | | OK, so I've not long back changed folkinfo to at least enable those who | premit cookies to select a preference between letter and A4 for printing pdf | files from the site. Should I also consider allowing 9 x 12 as a paper size | or is that pretty much reserved for publications? I only know the UK | situation where you would expect everyone to have A4 for thier printer.
Here in the US, most people have only "letter" 8.5x11-inch paper at home, because that's mostly what is sold in retail office-supply stores. All the small copiers that I've ever seen will accept larger paper, but you have to special-order 9x12 paper. The most practical approach for software would be to give people a choice of at least A4 and "US letter" pages, and have some way for the software to remember this. Even better would be to let people give the actual size of the paper in both cm and inches, with the two common sizes selectable by a button or an "A4/letter" option of some sort. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
