How do you fold you letters?

[Tweel]

Here's something I just stumbled across in the 1965 World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary. There's a great deal of prefatory material for students, and under "How to Write a Letter" it says:

 

" Business letters, usually written on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches, are folded in one of two ways, depending on the size of the envelope.

" For the standard short business envelope, fold the letter up to within a quarter of an inch of the top of the sheet. Next fold the right-hand third of the doubled sheet to the left and make a crease. Then fold the left-hand third over to within a quarter of an inch of the crease you made at the right. Hold the letter by the right-hand crease to insert it in the envelope.

" For the standard long business envelope, fold the bottom third of the letter up and make a crease. Then fold the top of the sheet down to within a half inch of the bottom crease. Hold the letter by the top fold to insert it in the envelope."

 

So, there's that bit of history. No instructions on how to fold personal letters (too many possible paper sizes, I guess). And, I also guess that "short" and "long" envelopes are #6-3/4 and #10.

 

-- Brian

Edited January 3, 2010 by Tweel

[pgmarin]

I thought of doing it the way in the movie "The Prisoner of Azcaban", where Sirius Black sent Harry a letter via "Owl", and it was folded to the centre of the page. In otherwords, he wrote on the letter at 45 degrees making one of the corners the top of the page. Mind you, the paper was square of course. Interesting method I thought. And the writing was superbly done.

 

Regards

 

Paul

[majorworks]

I tri-fold my letters. First the bottom up, then the top down.

 

Ditto.

Same for me.

Me three.

[GreenVelvet]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2850912548_45e4189aa6.jpg

 

I thought this was pretty cool. A friend wrote a letter on square paper, and folded it to be its own envelope. Not only that, but she wrote the words around in a spiral. What a surprising treat to unfold and unwind!

[jbb]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2850912548_45e4189aa6.jpg

 

I thought this was pretty cool. A friend wrote a letter on square paper, and folded it to be its own envelope. Not only that, but she wrote the words around in a spiral. What a surprising treat to unfold and unwind!

Wow! I may have to try that.