Monday 2 June 2008

Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) was one of the great book designers of the 20th century. He examined and measured many books from the medieval and renaissance periods trying to find "rules" for a pleasing design of book margins. He summarized his investigations in a book published in 1955.

Tschichold recommended a 2:3:4:6 ratio among inner, top, outer, and bottom margins. For example:

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