Page Proportions

PAG E S I Z E

How will someone interact with this book? What is the content? How will the book be produced?

1 FOL D / T WO L E AV E S / FOU R PAGE S / FO L IO

2 FOL DS / FOU R L E AV E S / EIGH T PAGE S / Q UA RTO

3 FOL DS / EIGH T L E AV E S / SI X T EEN PAGE S / O CTAVO

A L DU S M A N U T I U S I S C R E DI T E D W I T H I N T RO DU C I N G T H E O CTAVO I N 15 01 TO FAC I L I TAT E PORTA B L E R E A DI N G FO R MEN OF LEISURE.

3 FOL DS / EIGH T L E AV E S / SI X T EEN PAGE S / O CTAVO

4 FOL DS / SI X T EEN L E AV E S / 32 PAGE S / S E X TOD E C I M O

D OU BL E EL E PH A N T FOL IO up to 50" tall

AT L A S FOL IO up to 25" tall EL E PH A N T FOL IO up to 23 tall FOL IO 12" 19" QUA RT O 9.5" 12" OC TAVO 6" 9" SE X T ODEC I MO 4" 6.75"

A M E R ICA N L I B R A RY A S S O C I AT IO N A PPROX I M AT E B OO K S I Z E S

PAG E P RO PORT IO N S

A page, like a building or a room, can be of any size and proportion, but some are distinctly more pleasing than others, and some have quite specific connotations.

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T H E G O L D E N S E CT IO N

a:b=b:(a+b)

a:b

1:1.618

1:

1:1.618

A dominant influence on the sense of proportion in Western art is the golden section

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T H E F I B O NAC C I S E Q U E N C E

a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the two previous numbers

1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34

2
1

2
1

5
1 1

PAG E DI M E N S IO N S = G O L D E N S E CT IO N

S PR E A D DI M E N S IO N S = G O L D E N S E CT IO N

T E X T B LO C K = G O L D E N S E CT IO N

M A RG I N PROPORT IO N S = F I B O NAC C I S E Q U E N C E

P E N G U I N B OO K C OV E R S

ROOT R E CTA N G L E S

in the 1920s in Germany, the root two rectangle became the standard proportion for paper size a full press sheet is 1 meter

this system was adopted widely (although not in the U.S.) and was implemented by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

P E N TAG O N PAG E S

T H E P E N TAG O N PAG E

T H E S H ORT P E N TAG O N

T H E T RU N CAT E D P E N TAG O N

T H E T U R N E D P E N TAG O N

T H E B ROA D P E N TAG O N

T H E TA L L P E N TAG O N

T H E P E N TAG O N W I N G

H E X AG O N PAG E S

T H E H E X AG O N PAG E

T H E B ROA D H E X AG O N

T H E T U R N E D H E X AG O N

T H E H E X AG O N W I N G

T Y PO G R A P H I C S Y S T E M S

0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233

M ODU L A R S CA L E

LINE MEASURE I N P I CA S

POI N T SIZE

0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233
P RO PO RT IO N S O F M A RG I N S PAG E PROPORT IO N S

L E A DI N G

M ODU L A R S CA L E

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

T R A DI T IO NA L M A N U S C R I P T M E T H OD

text = Adobe Caslon 9 / 12

I N S I D E - OU T

text = Adobe Caslon 9 / 12 gutter & indent = 12 points (1p0)

I N S I D E - OU T

text = Adobe Caslon 9 / 12 gutter & indent = 12 points (1p0) top, inside & outside margins = 3p0

I N S I D E - OU T

text = Adobe Caslon 9 / 12 gutter & indent = 12 points (1p0) top, inside & outside margins = 3p0 bottom margin = 6p0

I N S I D E - OU T

text = Adobe Caslon 9 / 12 gutter & indent = 12 points (1p0) top, inside & outside margins = 3p0 bottom margin = 6p0 9 columns / 12 rows

I N S I D E - OU T

text = Adobe Caslon 9 / 12 gutter & indent = 12 points (1p0) top, inside & outside margins = 3p0 bottom margin = 6p0 9 columns / 12 rows bullet space = 0p6

I N S I D E - OU T

Improvise, calculate, and improvise some more.

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