Text / Book / Offset grade

30 lb text paper

30 lb text paper is about 44 g/m². Equivalent to 11.8 lb bond / writing. Bible / India paper, dictionaries, pharmaceutical inserts. Basis weight is measured on 500 sheets of 25 x 38 in.

44.4 g/m²grammage

≈ 56 µmthickness (uncoated)

Same paper in other grades

Grade	Equivalent
Bond / Writing	11.8 lb
Cover	16.4 lb
Index	24.6 lb
Bristol	20.3 lb
Newsprint / Tag	27.3 lb

Typical uses

Bible / India paper, dictionaries, pharmaceutical inserts. Very thin and opaque for its weight; used where page count is enormous.

See the closest metric weight: 45 gsm.

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