[XeTeX] Fix for B5paper and B5 vs. B5paper question

Robert Voogdgeert rvoogdgeert at kabelfoon.nl
Thu Oct 7 22:51:47 CEST 2004


>AARRGGHH! There is a very good reason why it won't work as desired. 
>Having written the above, I just checked the xdv2pdf source and have 
>realized that the sizes it's using are not the correct ISO 216 'B' 
>sizes, but those from the Japanese JIS P 0138-61 standard, which are 
>different. I don't remember now where I originally found the paper size 
>data, but clearly I accidentally found a Japanese source and didn't 
>realize there were two different 'B' series.
>
>I'll fix this shortly. Apologies to all for the error!
>
>JK
Jonathan,


Does the fixing mean that one does not need to obligatorily use the -papersize option for
B5paper, and other standard papersizes?
One other, though off topic subject. Why are two sizes developed: XY and XYpaper? Maybe
one off the publishing specialist on the list knows this.



Regards,
Robert.



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