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Taller than wide, or wider than tall

By Dwight Davis, Founder

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0.33 to 3.85. With a median of 0.896.

Two hundred and nineteen rows can be ranked by shape

219 of the 251 containers record both a height and a diameter. The other 32 record one or neither and cannot be placed on this axis at all.

Height divided by diameter runs from 0.33 to 3.85

With a median of 0.896, which is below one. So the typical container on this shelf is wider than it is tall, and a mental picture of a jar as a tall thing is wrong here.

The split is 128 to 90

128 wider than tall, 90 taller than wide, and exactly one square. The majority shape is a squat jar.

The tall end is thin

33 rows reach a ratio of 1.5, 18 reach 2, and only 3 reach 3. So a genuinely narrow container is a small minority of this shelf rather than a category within it.

The flat end is thinner still

Ten rows sit at 0.5 or below. Those are round tubs and hinged containers, and they are the only part of the shelf that behaves like a tray.

Material predicts the shape, and strongly

38 of the 44 glass containers that record both dimensions are taller than wide. The same count for PET is 34 of 100 and for polypropylene 18 of 74.

Which is a manufacturing fact showing up as a shelf fact

Glass on this shelf is boston rounds, straight sided jars and hex jars, all of which are formed tall. The wide squat shapes are injection molded plastic jars and tubs.

So choosing glass here is also choosing a shape

Not just a material. A buyer who specifies glass for a flat parts job is asking for the six glass rows that are wider than tall, out of 56 glass rows on the shelf.

And the category field says the same thing a second way

All 128 wider-than-tall rows are jars or tubs. All 19 bottles and both tubes are taller than wide. Category and ratio are measuring the same property from two directions.

The two extremes are worth naming because they bound the shelf

A 5.5 mL polypropylene lip balm tube at 2.375 by 0.617 inches, a ratio of 3.85, and a polypropylene round tub at 1.5 by 4.5, a ratio of 0.33. Nothing on this shelf is narrower or flatter than those.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 219 of the 251 containers on this shelf record both a height and a diameter. Height divided by diameter runs from 0.33 to 3.85 with a median of 0.896, so the median container is wider than it is tall: 128 are wider than tall, 90 are taller than wide and one is square. 33 reach a ratio of 1.5, 18 reach 2 and only 3 reach 3. Ten are at 0.5 or below. Glass reverses the pattern: 38 of the 44 glass containers that record both dimensions are taller than wide, against 34 of 100 PET and 18 of 74 polypropylene. All 128 wider-than-tall rows are jars or tubs; all 19 bottles and both tubes are taller than wide. These are outside dimensions.
Written from 16 CFR part 303 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Part 303 implements the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and governs fiber content labeling on finished textile products; it does not govern floss, needles, beads or hoop hardware, and nothing here says it does. Heights and diameters in the catalog are outside dimensions, so no interior measurement is stated on these pages. This shelf is shared identically by nine groups and the sewing notions property enumerates the inventory.