{"id":3310,"date":"2016-01-22T07:44:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T07:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:52:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T11:52:31","slug":"well-i-never-the-foolscap-paper-lowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/well-i-never-the-foolscap-paper-lowdown","title":{"rendered":"Well I Never! The Foolscap Paper Lowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jester-600x586.jpg\" alt=\"jester\" width=\"600\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jester.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jester-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paper which measures 13.5 inches by 17 inches is known as \u201cfoolscap\u201d in the stationery trade &#8211; but do you know how it got its name?<\/p>\n<p>Back in the late Middle Ages, papermakers introduced the practice of imprinting watermarks on their paper as a guarantee of quality, and they did this forcing a piece of shaped wire into the paper stock as it lay in its mould.<\/p>\n<p>These watermarks were useful for identifying the manufacturer of a particular type of paper (a bit like a trademark), and also became associated with various sizes of paper.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century in Britain, one of these watermarks was a fool\u2019s cap &#8211; the jester\u2019s hat with bells which we see worn in Shakespearian plays and other dramas of the period.<\/p>\n<p>The fool\u2019s cap watermark was later replaced by other national symbols, such as the Britannia or lion, although the description \u2018foolscap\u2019 remains in popular use.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Narr_haustuer.jpg#\/media\/File:Narr_haustuer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Narr haustuer&#8221; by bdk<\/a>. 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