Bibliographical Formats

Bibliographical Formats

Name	Symbol	# Leaves	Chain Lines	Watermark Position	Example
plano	1°	1	horizontal	1/4 longitudinal axis,1/2 latitudinal axis	Plano Paper Size
folio	2°	2 4 6 8	vertical	centred	Folio Paper Size
quarto	4°	2 4 8	horizontal	only partially visible, halfway the inner margin	Quarto Paper Size
octavo	8°	2 4 8 10	vertical	only partially visible, at the top of the inner margin	Octavo Paper Size
duodecimo long	12°	6 12	vertical	only partially visible, halfway the top margin	Duodecimo Long Paper Size
duodecimo common	12°	4 6 8 12	horizontal	at 1/3rd of the outer margin	Duodecimo Common Paper Size
sextodecimo	16°	8	horizontal	only partially visible at the top of the outer margin	Sextodecimo Paper Size
octodecimo	18°	6 8 10 12	vertical	centred	Octodecimo Paper Size
vicesimoquarto long	24°	12	vertical	only partially visible halfway the outer margin	Vicesimoquarto Long Paper Size
vicesimoquarto	24°	8 12	horizontal	only partially visible at the top of the inner margin	Vicesimoquarto Paper Size