Gutter Width Printing

The dotted green line represents gutter.

Gutter width printing. Ratio of depth to width of gutter select gutter ratio 0 125x 0 25x 0 375x 0 5x 0 625x 0 75x 0 875x 1x 1 125x 1 25x 1 375x 1 5x 1 625x 1 75x 1 875x 2x calculate drainage reset. The example below shows the appropriate use of gutter for the text along the top left and bottom edges of the design. Page width for all pages should now be 9 11 inches. 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.

When laying out pages gutters should not be so narrow that columns run together. 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. A gutter margin can smaller for books with less curve and larger for books with more curve. Content that goes across two pages are known as spreads.

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. Depending on the size of the book the gutter can be anywhere from 1 4 1 2. Generally speaking 0 5 inches for your gutter margin is recommended for most books. In the crop tool increase the page width to 9 11 inches with the center box checked.

Sometimes a rule is used instead of blank space. An example of a perfect bound book gutter can be seen below.