Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
Why margins are part of the text
Margins frame the text block and keep the lines clear of the binding and the trim.
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From the opening
Margins belong to the text because they bound the block and decide where a line may begin and end, clear of the binding and of the trimmed edge. The blank is not leftover sheet, but the room that lets a block be entered, held, and left. The opening covers inner margin and the gutter, thumb room on the outer edge, and unequal margins, on purpose.
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Inside
- Inner margin and the gutter
- Thumb room on the outer edge
- Unequal margins, on purpose
- Notes live in the margin
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Page canons for placing the text block
- The gutter margin as clearance for the binding