Foolscap folio (commonly contracted to foolscap or folio and in short FC) is paper cut to the size of 8+1⁄2 × 13+1⁄2 in (216 × 343 mm) for printing or to 8 × 13 in (203 × 330 mm) for "normal" writing paper (foolscap). This was a traditional paper size used in Europe and the British Commonwealth, before the adoption of the international standard A4 paper. A full (plano) foolscap paper sheet is actually 13+1⁄2 × 17 in (343 × 432 mm) in size, and a folio sheet of any type is half the base sheet size. ª Approximate measure in current use in Latin America: 216 x 341 mm.