British Broadsheet – Newspaper Paper Sizes

375 × 597mm | 14.8 × 23.5in

There are many newspaper formats, and they vary from country to country. The largest newspaper format is known as a Broadsheet, and takes its name from types of popular prints which are usually just on a single sheet containing different types of material and content. A broadsheet is known for having long vertical pages. Newspaper Sizes have not been standardized under the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and hence do not have standard sizes like other paper sizes. They generally print the newspaper on stock Newsprint paper of dimensions 24 in × 36 in which the uncut size of the paper has used in the newspaper. The most common of these cut sizes are Broadsheet, Berliner, Tabloid, and Compact. These cut sizes are generally the sizes that we refer to when talking about sizes of newspapers because these are the sizes in which newspapers are delivered to our homes. It is a convention to write Newspaper Sizes as the size of the folded pages.

The name Tabloid originates from the word Table. It can mean something that can easily keep on a table of smaller size. Which is right for a Tabloid Size Newspaper- it can easily read just beside your tea on the table, and it won’t take up much space. It is the size of a modern full-size Tablet Device. The word can also be traced back to Tabloid Journalism that compacted stories into simple, short and understandable forms. The Tabloid Size is often called as “The Half Size” of a Broadsheet Size Newspaper. Although, this is just a common perception; not reality because Broadsheet has dimensions of 600 mm × 750 mm (23.5 in × 29.5). Tabloid Size is very close to the A Series Paper Size A3 which has dimensions of 297 mm × 420 mm (11.7 in × 16.5 in) and hence it would be easy for the long term to make a transition from Tabloid Size to A3 Size for printing Newspapers because nowadays, everything gets standardize. But even then, Tabloid Size is the most used size for Newspaper printing worldwide in countries ranging from the US, the UK, Russia to India, China, Australia, etc.

The broadsheet Size has dimensions of 600 mm × 750 mm (23.5 in × 29.5 in). However, in Australia and New Zealand, Broadsheet Size Newspapers are Newspapers printed on A1 Paper Sizes of dimensions 594 mm × 841 mm (23.4 in × 33.1 in). In 1972, the British government imposed a tax on newspaper manufacturers based on the number of pages that were there in a newspaper. This movement by the government caused the manufacturers to print newspapers on the biggest papers available and also reduce font and thus reduce the number of pages. These newspapers started to print on single sheets of political satire and ballads which they sold on streets known as Broadsheet. Recently, Broadsheet is losing popularity, and many newspaper manufacturers are using Tabloid Size instead of Broadsheet Size.

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