foolscap
Large writing sheets
Foolscap is a size of paper, traditionally about 13 by 16 inches, once standard for legal and official documents in Britain.
The name comes from the watermark of a jester's cap that once identified paper of this grade.
Now the term mostly appears in British English for legal-size paper or writing pads: a pad of foolscap, sheets of foolscap covered in handwriting.
Treated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- quillFeather used for writing
- inkwellContainer for dipping pens
scribe · calligraphy · scroll · palimpsest · illuminated · codex · papyrus · penmanship
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- quillFeather used for writing
inkwell · scribe · calligraphy · scroll · palimpsest · illuminated · codex · papyrus · penmanship · handwritten
quarto
Four-leaf printing format
legal · letter · tabloid · ledger · broadsheet · crown · imperial · post · royal · elephant
motley
Varied, incongruous mixture
jester · dunce · pointed · tricorn · coxcomb · costume · medieval · harlequin · joker
- book termsfolio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, page
- Paper SizesA1, A2, A3, A4, A5
- office suppliespens, pencils, paper clip, staplers, paperclip
- stationerypen, pencil, paper, notebook, envelope
- book sizespaperback, hardcover, pocket, folio, quarto
- papermakingpulp mills, pulp, paper mill, cellulose, wood pulp