Demi-raisin

With compact dimensions of 325mm x 500mm, the Demi-raisin format has a surface area of 162,500 sq mm or 0.1625 sq meters. As its name implying "half a grape" denotes, Demi-raisin is exactly half the dimensions of the Raisin paper size. This smaller variant offered more portability and affordability while maintaining the proportions of its parent format. Historically, Demi-raisin was used for makeshift or personal purposes when the full Raisin size was unnecessary or unavailable. Today the format occupies nostalgic specialty status for writing books, packing envelopes, limited edition prints and literary flyers, enjoying minor persistence thanks to enthusiasts of old French paper sizes. Though a product of constraint during past paper scarcity, Demi-raisin endures as a testament to resourcefulness - areminder of eras when repurposing and thrift were essential life skills, not mere quaint practices. So the humble half grape size remains in circulation on a small scale, keeping the resourceful spirit of difficult epochs alive in an age of abundance.