book design

Raphaël FreemanApr 12, 2017 · 3 min readApr 12, 20173 min read

A widow is the last line of a paragraph at the top of a page. An orphan is the first line of a paragraph at bottom of a page.

The change of typeface has improved the situation overall, but it hasn’t addressed the biggest problem – spacing. In picture 3 we have taken

Raphaël FreemanMar 2, 2017 · 3 min readMar 2, 20173 min read

There are various systems in calculating the margins around the page. My favorite is the above. The top and inside ( i ) margin are 1/9 of t

Raphaël FreemanFeb 15, 2017 · 3 min readFeb 15, 20173 min read

In a previous article, The Anatomy of a Book, I discussed the various elements that exist in a book. Essentially the prelims, the body of the book and the end matter. The half-title page, also called a bastard title, normally gives the book’s title without the subtitle or author’s name. It usually comes near the beginning of the prelims, though praise pages may precede it. A second half-title can also appear before the main text. These are not competing definitions of “half-title” (Chicago...