Envelope design and manufacturing standards guides
Introduction Two red packet size standards cover most of the market. The traditional portrait packet is 80 × 170 mm: 80 mm across the…
Introduction Envelope sizes are quoted in two unit systems, and neither one converts cleanly to the other. US commercial sizes were designed in inches,…
Introduction The Monarch envelope, also written as #7¾, measures 3⅞ × 7½ inches. It is the executive correspondence size: smaller and squarer than a…
What a booklet envelope is A booklet envelope seals along its longer edge, with glue running down both sides of the back. The mouth…
Introduction An airmail envelope is built light for international post: paper thin enough to keep the mailpiece inside a lower postage band, in a…
Introduction A remittance envelope is the return envelope that carries a payment, a donation, or a completed coupon back to the sender. Its defining…
Introduction The B-series is the third family in the ISO paper system, sitting between the A-series (documents) and the C-series (envelopes that hold them).…
Introduction A statement envelope holds a printed bill or account statement, and its size is dictated by two things: the sheet it must carry…
What Is an X-Ray Envelope? An x-ray envelope — also called an x-ray film envelope or radiology envelope — is a light-proof paper jacket…
Introduction When you specify an envelope, you must choose a flap style. Often confused with the closure method (like gum or self-seal), the flap…