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[–] markko@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

The answer is actually fairly interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#A_series

Since A series sizes share the same aspect ratio, they can be scaled to other A series sizes without being distorted, and two sheets can be reduced to fit on exactly one sheet without any cutoff or margins.