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Encyclopedia > Gutenberg canon

The Gutenberg canon is the canon used by Johann Gutenberg to design the page layout of books. It adapts the proportions used by medieval scribes. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


The method is simple: the height and width of the page (in 2:3 porpotions) are divided in 9 parts resulting in a page with margin proportions of 2:3:4:6 (inside, top, outside and bottom respectively).



See also:

The Van de Graaf canon, used in book design to divide a page in pleasing proportions. ...

References

  • Tschichold, Jan, "The Form of the Book (1991), Hartley & Marks, ISBN 0-88179-116-4, excerpt online at [1].
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