page construction page construction set principles field book design describe ways page proportions margins type areas print spaces books constructed notion laws form book page construction popularized mid late twentieth century based work wrote largely forgotten today methods rules impossible improve developed centuries produce perfect books rules brought life applied earlier term canon context book designers apply principles day variations related availability standardized paper sizes diverse types commercially printed books canon van canon historical reconstruction method book design divide page pleasing proportions canon known secret canon medieval manuscripts solution construction canon works page width height ratio enables book designer position text body specific area page canon proportions maintained creating pleasing functional margins size page size resulting inside margin half outside margin proportions inner outer page proportion generally page proportion method discovered contemporary designers speculate older page proportions vary commonly proportion writes purposes better comparison based figure page proportion use canon text area page size proportions height text area equals page width canon popularized book form book elements style asserts proportions useful shapes pages equally useful shaping positioning case medieval books later renaissance preferred apply page proportions page differ golden canon golden canon page construction based simple equivalent divine proportion interpretation analyzed renaissance books help drafting compass ruler concluded divine proportion published applied golden canon page construction works according work assertion golden number secret number called establish relationships diverse parts work analyzed experts published official magazine points demonstrates module different known golden ratio interprets golden number saying figure height type area equals width page page proportion condition canon ninth paper width inner margin outer fore edge margin ninth paper height margin type area paper size equal proportions uncovered canon manuscript writers proved canon finds size position type area dividing page diagonal figures refers reproduced combination interpretation historian suggests bible page based golden ratio commonly ratio printed area shape quotes dimensions half bible page ratio close golden golden ratio golden section building work contemporary experts book design assert page proportion golden section book design manuscripts produced writes time books printed upright position conform loosely precisely golden ratio page proportions based golden section golden ratio usually described says common page proportion book design include golden section image circular arcs depicts proportions medieval manuscript according feature page proportion margin proportions text area accord golden section lower outer corner text area fixed diagonal accord golden section mean exactly equal conflict stated proportions refers construction equivalent page ratio golden canon book page construction late gothic times finest canon arc construction yields text area ratio closer golden ratio says manuscripts older beautiful hardly useful today different page proportions canon applied says book pages come proportions relationships width height everybody knows proportion golden section exactly ratio golden section difficult maintain opinion ratio expresses preference certain page proportions like golden section simple rational proportions clear intentional definite unclear accidental difference clear unclear ratio frequently slight noticeable books clear proportions accidental ones quoted page sizes proportion close golden ratio construction applied pleasing text area pages arbitrary proportions accidental ones current applications associate director describes book design craft traditions relatively small body accepted rules dust cover book book design features canon book german creator described views page proportions championed traditional proportions margins largest page hold book lower margin hand read indicates envisioned small book novel imagined model struck pragmatic note adding traditional rule margin proportions followed doctrine example wide margins pocket books counter productive similarly refuted notion type area proportions page preferred trust visual judgment assessing placement type area page instead following pre determined doctrine describes book page proportion produce geometry capability reader book conversely reader nerve edge drive reader away
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