Card stock
Card stock, also called cover stock and pasteboard, is paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing and printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard.
Card stock is often used for
Measurements
Most nations describe paper in terms of grammage—the weight in grams of one sheet of the paper measuring one square meter.
Other people, especially in the United States, describe paper in terms of pound weight—the weight in pounds per ream (500 sheets) of the paper with a given area (based on historical production sizes before trimming): for card stock, this is 20 by 26 in (508 by 660 mm); as compared to newsprint (thinner paper) of 24 by 36 in (610 by 914 mm). In describing paper, the pound is often symbolized by the pound symbol, #. Because of the difference in the way pound weight is determined, a sheet of 65# card stock is thicker and heavier than a sheet of 80# newsprint.
The weight of cardstock ranges from 50# to 110# (about 135 to 300 g/m2).[2]
Rather than as a function of weight per sheet of a given area, paper thickness can be measured and stated directly, in units of linear measure. In the United States, this usually is expressed in
The length and width of card stock often are stated in terms of the
See also
References
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- ^ "Paper and Card Stock Comparison Chart" (PDF). The Paper Mill Store. 1 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Paper Sizes". Archived from the original on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ "Understanding Card Stock Weights". Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-11-11.