[Scribus] Is there a letter standard in English?

[Gregory Pittman]

Eilert wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but it has to do with layouts :-)
>
> Is there a standard institution and a standard in GB and in the USA for
> the layout of business letters such as the DIN 5008 in Germany?
>   
I don't think there is anything precisely like DIN 5008, in the sense 
that there is no governmental agency that regulates this.
On the other hand, there are some general guides or suggestions for the 
layout of business letters. This is about as good as any and easy to 
understand:

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/BusinessLetter.html

similar, with some specifics about spacing:

http://www.law.uh.edu/career/student/coverletterformat2.pdf

Greg