A2 size
42 × 59.4 cm · 16.5 × 23.4 in
A2 is 420 × 594 mm, or 42 × 59.4 cm, which is 16.5 × 23.4 in. Numbers are hard to picture, so here is an A2 print hung at its real size in real rooms.
How big A2 is on a wall
The sample painting as an A2 print, 42 × 59.4 cm, hung at its real size.
A2 in numbers
- Centimetres
- 42 × 59.4 cm
- Millimetres
- 420 × 594 mm
- Inches
- 16.5 × 23.4 in
- Ratio
- 1:1.41, the same shape as every A size
- Pixels to print sharp, 300 dpi
- 4,961 × 7,016 px
- Pixels for a poster, 150 dpi
- 2,480 × 3,508 px
On a wall seen from a step or two away, a print at 200 dpi looks just as sharp, and needs 3,307 × 4,677 px. Check your image.
What size frame for an A2 print
- Without a mount
- an A2 frame, 46 × 63.4 cm on the wall
- With a mount
- a 50 × 70 cm frame, 54 × 74 cm on the wall
- Mount width
- 4.5 cm at the sides, 5.8 cm at the top and bottom
- Mount window
- 41 × 58.4 cm
- Other frames that take it with a mount
- 60 × 80 cm, A1
Sizes on the wall include a slim 2 cm frame. Mount widths are measured from the window, as framers quote them. The window is a little smaller than the print, so the mount holds its edges. See an A2 print framed on a wall with the frame size calculator, in the frame and mount colours you choose.
Sizes of the same shape
An image made for A2 prints at these sizes without cropping: A4, A3, A1, A0.