A3 size

297 × 420 mm · 11.69 × 16.54 in · 841.9 × 1190.6 pt

Where it comes from

Half of A2: the A2 sheet's long side (594 mm) halves and rounds down to 297 mm — ISO 216's halve-and-floor rule.

Derived from the ISO 216 construction — no lookup required, only arithmetic.

Pixels at print resolutions

DPIPixels (portrait)Typical use
72842 × 1191legacy screens
961123 × 1587CSS reference
1501754 × 2480everyday print
3003508 × 4961quality print
6007016 × 9921fine art / line work

The family

  • Fold A2 in half and you're holding A3.
  • Fold A3 in half and you get A4 — two of those side by side rebuild this sheet.
  • Area: 0.1247 — an 80 gsm sheet weighs 9.98 g.

Side by side