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Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by Jon

Jon — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:37:35 +0000

My first reaction was, like several above to point out 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Plus, as a designer, it’s a no-brainer to say that everything is WxH. So I started to write all of the examples I could down on a 3 x 5 card… Oh wait!!! Drat!

I would also point out that TVs are 4×3 or 16×9 ratio, not 9×16.

From now on, I’ll just design everything square, so I no longer have to worry about it.

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by Ron

Ron — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:54:32 +0000

I’m working with an Artist in making up a catalog, and I have learned that in the Book world, and Fine Art in particular, the dimensions are always listed as H x W.
Reference the Chicago Style Manual.

I know in the Graphics world we sometimes do not have the image to immediately see, yet we must allow the correct space in the Layout or Design – so that convention (W x H) is important.

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by Spanky

Spanky — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:42:53 +0000

Always WIDTH x HEIGHT

What’s really frustrating, is that I end up beating my bosses and co-workers in the head because they all are too stupid to figure out this simple standard.

Like Rushe stated above. I have always used eight and a half by eleven paper.
I’ve never in my life used eleven by eight and a half paper.

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by Rushe

Rushe — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:55:01 +0000

One does not purchase a 10×8 photo frame, nor write on a 14×11 legal pad, and yet, when it comes to art projects, I have to repeat WXH almost daily… frustrating!

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by Kris Hunt

Kris Hunt — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:48:48 +0000

We refer to a vertically oriented letter-size page as an “eight-and-a-half by eleven page”, so there’s further proof.

In my experience, anyone who refers to height first only does so because the height happens to be the longest measurement for that particular instance. Their standard is “say the longest side first”, which is, of course, idiotic.

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by Robert

Robert — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:32:59 +0000

Most of the sign companies I deal with always measure in “height x width” I don’t understand the logic but it almost seams like it is an industry standard thats only practiced in the sign manufacturing industry. It drives me crazy and gets really confusing.

Comment on Anybody like coffee? by Dan Grady

Dan Grady — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:23:18 +0000

Awesome Colin..thx 4 your support..mad props for all your killer design work..u r the bomb diggity..

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by that guy

that guy — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:21:21 +0000

I have always found it helpful to just say what I mean and mean what I say. If I want an 8 foot wide banner; “8 foot wide x 4 foot tall” is hard to miss. Then there is always the benefit of a good crude illustration; you know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand…

Comment on What Comes First? Width or Height? by dave

dave — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:46:13 +0000

I don’t care what the real answer USED to be…
now that I read this on the i-n-t-e-r-n-e-t, it just HAS to be true.

From now on, it is WIDTH x HEIGHT for me…
until I read on Snopes.com that this was just plain malarkey!

Comment on Frosted Windows for Circle Spring by sara Baskin

sara Baskin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:28:29 +0000

I have seen these windows and they are beautiful. Great job.