Tellière

With dimensions of 340mm x 440mm, the Tellière paper format has a surface area of 149,600 sq mm or 0.1496 sq meters. Tellière translates from French as a "tile" or "roof tile" which refers to early enduring watermarks imprinted on sheets of this size when artisanal paper was crafted by hand. The name denotes Tellière's common historical use for architectural drawings and plans, although it also doubled as a printing paper for pamphlets, brochures and some book binding. Today, Tellière enjoys niche specialty status for technical drawings, schematics, prototypes, game boards, flyers and academic pads. Its unique personality bridges small-scale personalized projects and larger industrial prints. While international ISO standards now dominate, Tellière's legacy underscores continuity between generations of architects, engineers, designers and publishers recording ideas and innovations on paper - whether 19th century Parisian studios or 21st century startups seeking tangible workflows. So the Tellière lives on much like the structures conceived with pen and parchment.