For many years, the length of license plates in Illinois and some other states was based on the number of digits on the plate and, to a limited extent, the width of the first numeral. A plate containing only three digits on it was much shorter than one with seven. A seven-digit plate beginning with "1" was usually slightly shorter than a plate beginning with "2."
In 1956, Illinois, like most other political divisions in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, standardized all its automobile and truck plates at 6 inches by 12 inches.
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