Format profile / A2
A2
420 × 594 mm · 16.54 × 23.39 in
4,961 × 7,016 px at 300 DPI
Width
420 mm
Height
594 mm
Area
2,495 cm²
Finished-size ledger
Pixel canvas by resolution
rounded to whole pixelsCanvas at 300 DPI
4,961 × 7,016 px
Calculated from 420 × 594 mm, then rounded to whole pixels. DPI sets the intended print size; changing it alone does not add image detail.
Bleed and safe-area canvases
confirm with your printer3 mm on every edge
426 × 600 mm
Artwork canvas with bleed. Keep essential content inside roughly 414 × 588 mm if the same distance is also used as a simple safety margin.
5 mm on every edge
430 × 604 mm
Artwork canvas with bleed. Keep essential content inside roughly 410 × 584 mm if the same distance is also used as a simple safety margin.
Closest standard formats
both edges comparedWhere A2 fits
4 common usesNext in the ISO A drawer
larger / smallerSet up A2 artwork without guessing
Start the document at the finished size—420 × 594 mm—and add the bleed your printer specifies outside that edge. A common 3 mm bleed produces a 426 × 600 mm artwork canvas. Keep type, logos, folds, and other critical details inside the trim line; a safety margin is not the same thing as bleed.
Pixel dimensions only become meaningful when paired with a resolution. At 300 DPI, this format is 4,961 × 7,016 pixels. Changing that number in an export dialog without resampling does not add image detail—it only changes the declared physical scale.
A2 belongs to ISO A Series. Its proportion is 1:1.414 (√2); the √2 family is designed so a half-sheet keeps the same shape, which makes layouts easier to scale between related formats.