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  2. Margin (typography) - Wikipedia

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    In typography, a margin is the area between the main content of a page and the page edges. [1] The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends. When a page is justified the text is spread out to be flush with the left and right margins. When two pages of content are combined next to each other (known as a two-page spread), the ...

  3. Ruled paper - Wikipedia

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    Initially, paper was ruled by hand, sometimes using templates. [1] Scribes could rule their paper using a "hard point," a sharp implement which left embossed lines on the paper without any ink or color, [2] or could use "metal point," an implement which left colored marks on the paper, much like a graphite pencil, though various other metals were used.

  4. Typographic alignment - Wikipedia

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    In English and most European languages where words are read left-to-right, text is usually aligned "flush left", [1] meaning that the text of a paragraph is aligned on the left-hand side with the right-hand side ragged. This is the default style of text alignment on the World Wide Web for left-to-right text. [2] Quotations are often indented ...

  5. Canons of page construction - Wikipedia

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    In figure 5 the height of the type area equals the width of the page: using a page proportion of 2:3, a condition for this canon, we get one-ninth of the paper width for the inner margin, two-ninths for the outer or fore-edge margin, one-ninth of the paper height for the top, and two-ninths for the bottom margin. Type area and paper size are of ...

  6. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    There are 11 sizes in the A series, designated A0–A10, all of which have an aspect ratio of = …, where a is the long side and b is the short side. Since A series sizes share the same aspect ratio ( 2 ) , {\displaystyle ({\sqrt {2}}),} they can be scaled to other A series sizes without being distorted, and two sheets can be reduced to fit on ...

  7. Page (paper) - Wikipedia

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    Front-page news: important news or information. On the same page: to be in agreement with someone (literally: reading from the same page). Take a page (or leaf) out of someone's book: to copy or mimic the behavior of someone. Turn the page: to move on from an event. To stop thinking about something or to move forward.

  8. Bleed (printing) - Wikipedia

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    The bleed is the part on the side of a document that gives the printer a small amount of space to account for natural movement of the paper during guillotining, [1] and design inconsistencies. Artwork and background colors often extend into the bleed area. After trimming, the bleed ensures that no unprinted edges occur in the final trimmed ...

  9. Optical margin alignment - Wikipedia

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    Optical margin alignment outdents letters like A, V, W, Y, and punctuation into the margins to align the text border optically. Some users remark that it makes the text margin look crooked, but this is because text frames or margin guides are visible.