12mo

English

Etymology

12 + -mo, for a twelfth of a sheet.

Noun

12mo (usually uncountable, plural 12mos)

(paper) Abbreviation of duodecimo, a page size (5"-5.5" x 7.125"-7.5")
(printing) A book size using duodecimo-sized pages.

Synonyms

(paper size): 12º, twelvemo, duodecimo
(book size): D, 12º, twelvemo, duodecimo

See also

English paper and book sizes
Latin	folio	quarto	sexto	octavo	duodecimo	sextodecimo	octodecimo	vicesimo-quarto	trigesimo-secundo	quadragesimo-octavo	sexagesimo-quarto
ALA	F	Q		O	D	S	T		Tt	Fe	Sf
ht. (cm)	> 30	25-30	25-30	20-25	17.5-20	15-17.5	12.5-15	12.5-15	10-12.5	7.5-10	< 7.5
printers'	folio	quarto	sixmo	octavo	twelvemo	sixteenmo	eighteenmo	twenty-fourmo	thirty-twomo	forty-eightmo	sixty-fourmo
abbrev.	fo or f	4to	6to or 6mo	8vo	12mo	16mo	18mo	24mo	32mo	48mo	64mo
abbrev.	2º	4º	6º	8º	12º	16º	18º	24º	32º	48º	64º
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