This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...of books are trimmed around three sides--top, front, and bottom. One-quarter inch is a fair allowance for trim, but this is not always possible. It is frequently necessary to do with less in order to get a job out of a sheet of paper of stock size. 157. Determining Margins.--Fig. 100 shows the proper method of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...of books are trimmed around three sides--top, front, and bottom. One-quarter inch is a fair allowance for trim, but this is not always possible. It is frequently necessary to do with less in order to get a job out of a sheet of paper of stock size. 157. Determining Margins.--Fig. 100 shows the proper method of determining margins. Assuming that two pages are to be printed, that the finished size is to be six inches, and that the pages are of the same size, the distance from the edge of one page to the edge of the other page should be made just six inches. If the job is a circular, fold a sheet of the stock in half, and make the distance between the edges the same as the folded sheet. (Fig. 101.) When the guides are properly set, each page will be in the center. If the pages are of unequal size, mark off the center of each page, and make all necessary measurements from the centers instead of from edge to edge. (Fig. 102.) 158. Determining the Lay of a Form.--While diagrams are usually available for reference, so that the compositor may Fig. 102.--Determining Margins when Pages are of Unequal Size. verify his work, it is advisable that he should know how to mark a dummy form and determine the lay of the pages. Inasmuch as the type is in reverse of the printed sheet, it follows that pages printed to the right of the sheet must be imposed to the left of the form. To determine the lay of a sixteen-page form, fold a sheet of paper, say 8X12 inches, over and over as shown First fold here Fig. 103.--Showing Successive Foldings to Produce a Dummy. in Fig. 103 until finally the size 2X3 inches is obtained. This will produce a dummy form. As the form is to be worked and turned, folios are to be marked on only one side of the sheet. To get the folios on the Fig. 104.--...
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