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Fractions in Framing and Matting are easy!

Don't precision yourself to madness.

Fractions in Framing and Matting

In this digital world, we all use the dear old ruler less and less. Consequently, many are feeling uncertain of working with fractions. It, however, is a requirement in art marketing.

We encourage you to work with eighths of an inch or larger increments. Although we are capable of cutting with greater than 1/8th inch precision, we have found that it causes difficulty for our customers. First, math gets more difficult when you use sixteenths and thirty-seconds. More importantly, greater precision severely hampers your production speed. It is very tedious to manually mount mats, prints and backs with 1/16th precision. Assembly of the first item is easy, the 100th item is difficult, the 1000th item is a test of your sanity.

The fractions are easy once you get used to them. Simply put, there are eight 8ths to an inch, four 4ths to an inch and two 1/2's. If you are not sure which mark or line is which, simply count the number in an inch. If there are eight, each mark is 1/8 inch, etc.. Although not required, if you have 2/8ths, it is usually expressed as 1/4", 4/8ths is 2/4's which is normally expressed as 1/2". If you have 6/8's it is usually expressed as 3/4's.

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