Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
Why page imposition is not the reading order
Pages are arranged on the sheet for the fold, so flat neighbors are not sequential.
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From the opening
Imposition is the plan for where each page sits on the printing sheet so that folding, and sometimes cutting, produces reading order. On the flat sheet the neighbors are whatever pages the fold will bring together, which is rarely the next page in the story. The opening covers pages placed for the fold, first and last share the outer side, and a fold reveals the order.
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Inside
- Pages placed for the fold
- First and last share the outer side
- A fold reveals the order
- Flat neighbors are not sequential
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Page imposition for folded signatures
- Outer and inner formes in sheet work