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Understanding UK Paper and Enevelope Sizes
Please find a broad overview of the British printing industry sizes we often refer to and use.
A Sizes
Common Paper Sizes e.g. A4 is used for letterheads
B Sizes
Less Common Paper Sizes e.g. B format is often used for large posters
C Sizes
These refer to envelopes
and are commonly used with A sized papers. e.g. an A4 sheet requires an C4 envelope
The A Series
Table of Paper Sizes From 4A0 to A10
Size Width x Height (mm)
4A0 1682 x 2378 mm
2A0 1189 x 1682 mm
A0 841 x 1189 mm
A1 594 x 841 mm
A2 420 x 594 mm
A3 297 x 420 mm
A4 210 x 297 mm
A5 148 x 210 mm
A6 105 x 148 mm
A7 74 x 105 mm
A8 52 x 74 mm
A9 37 x 52 mm
A10 26 x 37 mmThe B Series
Table of Paper Sizes From B0 to B10
Size Width x Height (mm)
B0 1000 x 1414 mm
B1 707 x 1000 mm
B2 500 x 707 mm
B3 353 x 500 mm
B4 250 x 353 mm
B5 176 x 250 mm
B6 125 x 176 mm
B7 88 x 125 mm
B8 62 x 88 mm
B9 44 x 62 mm
B10 31 x 44 mm
The C Series
Table of Envelope Sizes From C0 to C10
Size Width x Height (mm)
C0 917 x 1297 mm
C1 648 x 917 mm
C2 458 x 648 mm
C3 324 x 458 mm
C4 229 x 324 mm
C5 162 x 229 mm
C6 114 x 162 mm
C7 81 x 114 mm
C8 57 x 81 mm
C9 40 x 57 mm
C10 28 x 40 mm
If you are interested in reading more about paper, paper weights and stocks then we thoroughly recommend you start at this excellent web resource Paper Sizes and Formats