Re: Page Margins?

[Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>]

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>>>> Does anybody know of a formula for calculating page margins?
>>>> Or lacking that, a table of margins for the common formats?
>>> I think the only sane rule of hand is the approach by some LaTeX
>>> pages: take the page width and divide that by the width of 65m.
>>> Distribute the margins evenly and/or 1:2 (one-page fs two-page),
>>> but ensure they have some sane lower limit (e.g. 1cm or 2cm for
>>> DIN A4).
>> Joerg, this doesn't make any sense to me.  Can you clarify?
>> 
>> Either way, I'd like at least one reference for this.
> 
> Jan Tschichold recommends – for double sided printing – dividing
> height and width by 9 and using one part as top and outer margins and
> two parts as bottom and inner margins (Willkürfreie Maßverhältnisse
> der Buchseite und des Satzspiegels).  For single sided printing, I
> can't find a reference, but would try taking one part for left and
> right margins.

Dillo and Joerg,

I ended up running with the above formula as it scales nicely both down 
and up.  Better: it generates consistent results.  Enclosed are examples.

General question to all: how do these look?  Bikesheddy things like 
font, scale, and margins are trivial to change, but let's do it now, if 
necessary, and be done with it.

Please let me know if you'd like anything else in -Tps.  Unless 
something breaks or another feature is requested, I think this is it, 
and I'm ready to see if PDF is easy enough to implement without bloat.

Thanks,

Kristaps

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