Grammage ream developed because such a size can easily be cut into sixteen 6 by book sized sheets without significant waste. Early newsprint presses printed sheets in size, and so the ream dimensions for newsprint became , with 500 sheets to a ream. Newsprint was made from ground wood pulp, and ground wood hanging paper (wallpaper) was made on newsprint machines. Newsprint was used as wrapping paper, and the first paper bags were made from newsprint. The newsprint ream standard also became the standard for packaging papers, even though in packaging papers kraft pulp rather than ground wood was used for
Hex Sheets and were some of the few licensed "D&D" products ever authorized by TSR. Hex Sheets Hex Sheets is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Games Workshop in 1978. "Hex Sheets" is a GM's aid: hexagonal mapping paper for designing wilderness terrain. It is also for use with "AD&D". "Hex Sheets" was published by Games Workshop in 1978 as a 50-sheet pad. As Games Workshop expanded its publishing arm beyond "White Dwarf" and reprints of American products. among their first original products were a pad of character sheets (1978), a pad of hex sheets (1978), and the "Dungeon Floor