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| Thread ID: 69598 | 2006-06-06 09:08:00 | Paperbacks - LH page alignment. | John W (523) | PC World Chat |
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| 461110 | 2006-06-06 09:08:00 | Something Ive noticed recently. When you open and start reading a paperback novel, are the rows of text on the LH page, slightly aligned so they slope uphill toward the centre creae of the book? I scanned an A4 booklet last night, commercially printed etc, only to notice on some LH pages I could not get the text to line up parallel to the top edge of the sheet. Scanning the sheet, I was able to move the image up and down the screen to show that indeed, on some pages, the rows of text were indeed angled on a slight uphill angle toward the centre crease. When you open say a tight paperback book, say 90 degrees, having the text flow on a slight angle would allow the eye to scan horizontally with little vertical movement allowing for easier/faster reading. So, am I imaging things or is this a ploy printers/publishers use to ease reading. Thanks...........John. |
John W (523) | ||
| 461111 | 2006-06-06 09:44:00 | it has a lot to do with the binding of a book. For example an A4 would be printed depending on the size of press either 8 0r 16 pages on a sheet of paper for an A5 book it would be 16 or 32 pages then it gets rolled bowled and *******d down to size and chucked in a cover, other factors could be paper stretch and the fact the original image might not have been perfectly square. If a page is a 1mm out of square you could imagine how much the whole sheet was out of square. OR youe eyes a crooked . |
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| 461112 | 2006-06-06 09:46:00 | It's the government... | ninja (1671) | ||
| 461113 | 2006-06-06 09:55:00 | It's the government... It's always the government |
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| 461114 | 2006-07-30 03:18:00 | It's just cheap production. I have noticed one thing, which does reduce the amount of neck bending I do. The title on the spine of a book used to be printed in one of three orientations. Along the spine could be done in two ways: with the book flat with front up, or with front down. Across the spine was always readable with the book standing in a bookcase (with front to the right hand side. I never saw one "upside down). I've got a lot of books at home. The "longitudinal" titles are fairly randomly oriented. For some I cock my head to the left, for others to the right. In the library, where they have a few more books, mostly more recently bought the titles are all "head to the right". |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 461115 | 2006-07-30 09:08:00 | I recall being taufht in tech drawing classes oh 35yrs back, that any vertical text was to be aligned so the it read from the bottom of the page toward to top. I see most books & paperbacks, text on the binding side is orientated the other way. |
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