What Are Typical Sizes For Exhibit Pages?

Looking for typical sizes of exhibit pages.

Typical exhibit page sizes are in line with typical printer/copy/album page sizes. A3, A4, 8.5x11, 10.625x11.75, 11x14, etc. The size and orientation will depend a great deal on the material you're exhibiting; aesthetics matter a great deal (it is an exhibit, after all). A number of sites offer advice, two seconds on Google will bring you lots of results.

I did google and read through multiple primers on creating pages (like aspe) and they do mention different sizes. I got lots of results but no trends.

Most exhibit frames I have seen seem to be a standard size (never measured the pages one) so not sure if one size was much more popular than others. For example, maybe 90% are 8 1/2 x11 (US) with the rest larger. A3 size is close to 11x17 and never seen one that large.

8-1/2 x 11" is the most common size, 16 pages to a frame.

Some exhibitors, depending on the circumstances of their exhibits, have been using double pages (17 x 11").

That's your mistake: there aren't any trends. You don't get bonus points or deductions for using 8.5x11 instead of 11x14; generally no one cares. It's a matter of what works best for your exhibit.

PS: Always check out the exhibitors' prospectus for the page sizes that the show's frames are able to accommodate, again, 8-1/2 x 11" being the norm.

I have been using 17x11 pages for all my exhibits for 20 years or so now.

Well the advice/suggestions are all basically sound. There are a couple of things to consider. First as has been mentioned is the material you are exhibiting. On 17x11 pages larger items and even No 10 envelopes can be placed horizontally instead of diagonally which does typically look better on the pages.

Second and more important to consider is "mountable space" and if you think about using two 17x11 pages means you eliminate two gutters between pages. Think about 4 pages across. There are three gutters. But if you only have two pages across you actually gain a lot of space to mount your exhibit in.

Those things do make a difference because presentation is a criteria in the scoring.

Finally is whether you have a wide format printer.

Why would we expect Google to answer this question with any degree of sophistication?

It's okay to ask here about this sort of thing.

(The best answer might involve the show's requirements.)

I happened to be looking through a 1973 "Florida Philatelist" this evening and they had the following article (critical that you remember to change your typewriter ribbon when it gets too light)...


Don

Don's post shows a nine page frame. Then came 12 page frames which may still be found in local shows if the frames were not upgraded. The current frame size is 16 pages. A page being just a bit larger than 8-1/2 wide x11 tall (inches). From there I have seen double and triple horizontal pages;, 11 x 17 and 11x 25-1/2 (actually 26). I believe I have also seen a quad, 11 x 34. There have also been quads that were 22 x 17, two pages wide by two rows tall. One exhibit include a page which was 3 rows x 4 pages to allow for a USPOD Parcel Post Zone Map, thus about 33 x 35. Lastly there is an exhibit I have seen several times where it was one page per frame, 44 or 45 x 34 or so.

As to unusual pages, I have seen 11 x 12-3/4 which is a page and a half wide with a similar + 1/2 page one on the same row, be it 1.5 or 2.5 pages wide.

The row crossing pages tend to be mounted on a type of poster-board backing. and work best if the lower edge is at the base of the frame.

Now start a new thread when you decide to ask the tougher questions, "What color paper should I use?" or "How to display an item too thick to fit under a standard frame."

Can we sum up with, "check the prospectus"?

Or should we consider every possible permutation?

My postally-used Manchuria pneumatic post exhibit got rejected because I used A3.14-sized pages.

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Google just generates links. Most links were established clubs and societies such as ASPE that had primers (like Don's post). None noted the most common.

I believe the consensus is that 8 1/2 x 11 is by far the most often used size at least in the US.

Thanks for the tip (sarcasm).

I only wanted to know the most popular sizes.

https://www.f-i-p.ch/wp-content/upl...f%204%20rows.

Article 6.1 for FIP competitive exhibits.
1 inch = 2.54 cm

Thanks As I read it, FIP basically tells you frame size and possible sizes to fill.

By the way, I am a mechanical engineer and we designed all parts in metric. I prefer it over English.