Pot

The Pot paper format measures 310mm x 400mm, giving it a surface area of 124,000 sq mm or 0.124 sq meters. Also referred to as the Écolier size, its name refers to the French word for a schoolchild's pencil case. This reflects the Pot format's common use for student notebooks, folders, scratch paper, and various academic purposes. While marginally larger than the Cloche size, Pot occupies a similar nostalgic niche today as a specialized format choice. It hearkens back to French papermaking heritage and artisanal workshops where durable watermarks shaped sheets into the quintessential school supply size. Although international standards prevail in most modern settings, Pot's dimensions still suit personal journals, writing pads, some printing applications, and educational materials with a distinctive Gallic style. The format's longevity underscores continuity between generations of people recording their ideas, memories, studies and revelations on paper - whether 19th century pupils or 21st century writers seeking a tangible creative workflow. So Pot parchment endures much like the thoughts inscribed upon it.