Paper Weight Chart

PAPER WEIGHT AND PAPER CONVERSION — GRAMS PER SQUARE METER, TO POINTS AND POUNDS

Text stock versus cover stock: The coated stock (first chart below) is for text stock, not cover stock. For instance, business cards are most often printed on a paper weight of 80 lb cover stock. If they were printed on 80 lb text stock, they would be very thin business cards! 80 lb text and 80 lb cover paper weight stock are different thicknesses. Also see “Converting…” at the bottom of this paper conversion page.

PAPER COATED STOCK — GLOSS OR MATTE
54 lb text wt	80 gsm
61 lb text wt	90 gsm
68 lb text wt	100 gsm
82 lb text wt	120 gsm
101 lb text wt	150 gsm
122 lb text wt	180 gsm
135 lb text wt	200 gsm

CARD BOARD STOCK
8 pt cover wt	190 gsm
9 pt cover wt	210 gsm
10 pt cover wt	230 gsm
12 pt cover wt	260 gsm
14 pt cover wt	310 gsm
16 pt cover wt	350 gsm
18 pt cover wt	400 gsm

HARDCOVER BINDING BOARD
60 pt	16 oz.	1.4 mm	1,000 gsm
65 pt	20 oz.	1.8 mm	1,100 gsm
70 pt	24 oz.	2.0 mm	1,200 gsm
80 pt	28 oz.	2.25 mm	1,400 gsm
88 pt	32 oz.	2.5 mm	1,600 gsm
92 pt	36 oz.	2.8 mm	1,700 gsm
98 pt	40 oz.	3.0 mm	1,800 gsm
140 pt	48 oz.	3.4 mm	2,200 gsm

PAPER UNCOATED STOCK — WOOD FREE (OFFSET)
54 lb text wt	80 gsm
68 lb text wt	100 gsm
81 lb text wt	120 gsm
95 lb text wt	140 gsm
122 lb text wt	180 gsm