DXA is a reference Tridion implementation that contains tons of pre-configured rules and automated features. These features reduce the time to market for simple Tridion-backed websites.  However, there are a few “features†in DXA which are not defined in the documentation and may not be desirable for all sites. One of these “features†is the fact that DXA will crop any image rendered in an RTF to the Golden Ratio of 1.62.
DXA’s Golden Image Rule
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