Gutter Width Printing

Gutter width can take up 1 4 to 1 2 from the page therefore there must be an extra 1 4 1 2 of safety margin space on the side of the page where the gutter spine will be.

Gutter width printing.

When laying out pages gutters should not be so narrow that columns run together. Generally speaking 0 5 inches for your gutter margin is recommended for most books. Sometimes a rule is used instead of blank space. An example of a perfect bound book gutter can be seen below.

Content that goes across two pages are known as spreads. This is a visual reference to stop you from crowding the finished edge the solid red line with text and any graphics that don t require bleed. The example below shows the appropriate use of gutter for the text along the top left and bottom edges of the design. Again in the crop tool crop 0 5 inches from left.

If acrobat adds an offset value move that back to 0. In typography the term gutter refers to the space between columns of type usually determined by the number and width of columns and the overall width of the area to be filled. Page width for all pages should now be 9 11 inches. A gutter margin can smaller for books with less curve and larger for books with more curve.

In the crop tool increase the page width to 9 11 inches with the center box checked. What do i do if i have content such as images or text that goes across two pages.