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What is Tabloid Size?

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

Tabloid size gave its name to a type of publication

Tabloid size gave its name to a type of publication

Question: What is Tabloid Size?
The Tabloids or Tabloid newspapers characterized by sensational or bizarre news stories get their name from the tabloid size of the finished publication which is smaller than the standard size of most newspapers in North America.
Answer: Fold a broadsheet in half or double a sheet of letter size paper and you've got tabloid size.

The actual dimensions of a finished tabloid size publication can vary from 11 x 17 inches to some smaller variation depending on the size of the sheet of paper you start with and the amount of trim.

Newsletters are frequently printed on tabloid size paper (and then folded to letter size). Newspapers and posters often come in tabloid size.

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