If you’ve ever wandered the aisles of an office supply store, you may have noticed something curious: For all the different pens, folders, and desk gadgets on display, paper doesn’t offer much in the way of variety. In the United States, the go-to sheet of printer paper is 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches long, and it has been for decades. So who made that call? Credit: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images The answer goes back to the 1600s, when Dutch papermakers used wooden molds to form sheets of paper from big vats of watery pulp. ...Read More