Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches / 559 millimetres or more). The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet newspaper was the Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.; published in 1618.
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Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches / 559 millimetres or more). The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet newspaper was the Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.; published in 1618.
Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid/compact formats.
Many broadsheets measure approximately 29+⁄2 by 23+⁄2 inches (749 by 597 mm) per full broadsheet spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of A1 per spread (841 by 594 mm/33.1 by 23.4 in). South African broadsheet newspapers have a double-page spread sheet size of 820 by 578 mm/32 by 22.8 in (single-page live print area of 380 x 545 mm).
In the United States, the traditional dimensions for the front page half...
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