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Packaging specifications, without a sales pitch attached.

Board grades, test protocols, cushioning performance and freight classification, sourced from the published standards rather than from the companies selling boxes.

Board & Box Board & Box Specifications The container itself: board grades, flute profiles, structural styles and how a box is dimensioned and certified. 10 references Testing Package Testing & Certification How packaging is proven. Test protocols, laboratory accreditation, retailer certification programs and what a report actually contains. 11 references Cushioning Cushioning & Protective Materials Everything between the product and the board: cushion curves, foam grades, void fill, barrier packaging and static protection. 10 references Freight Palletization & Freight How packages move as freight and how carriers charge for them: pallet standards, unit load stability, dimensional weight and freight class. 10 references

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Board & Box Specifications

Principal Display Panel: The Panel Area Sets the Smallest Legal Type

The panel's area sets the smallest legal letter. Type height comes out of arithmetic on one face of the package, and the designer does not get to pick it. Four federal type tables agree to the fraction. The rule that works out the area does...

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