A device and method for intra-predicting a rectangular and non-square video coding block, the device including an intra-prediction apparatus configured for intra-predicting a rectangular and non-square video coding block according to a set of directional intra-prediction modes distributed over a set of directional ranges, where the intra-prediction apparatus being configured for configured for intra-predicting the rectangular and non-square video coding block includes the intra-prediction apparatus being configured to select a directional range from the set of directional ranges, and determine a number of directional intra-prediction modes of the selected directional range according to a size of a block.