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• • October 28, 2019 at 10:03 am #1193473
    Michele Jarosz

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    This may sound silly but I’m learning as I go. No formal education in InDesign. I am publishing a book, 8.5 x 5.5 cover with .125 bleed on cover. My margins for inside pages are .375 on outside / .75 on top / .375 at the bottom / .625 inside. My page numbers are at the top outside corners. I can’t put them at the bottom because some text runs over the margins. My question is how high can I go with page numbers before they get cut off when the book is trimmed?

  • October 29, 2019 at 5:15 am #14323852
    Lori Holland

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    From my experience, most printers require a 1/4 inch (equals 18 points or 1p6) minimum from trim to any “live” copy. So if you place your page numbers 1/4 inch from trim to top of type, and 1/4 inch from outside trim, you’ll meet the requirement. As the page numbers change from single to triple digits, make sure that they expand toward the inside of the page, not outside toward trim. The left page should be set to left align, the right page should be set to right align

    Design-wise, they might look better closer to the text. Your top margin is .75, if that is inches (you did not give units), it is 4p6 in picas, so your folios (page numbers) could nicely sit above at 2p6 for instance, and flush outside to align with the text below. That is a “normal” setup for book work (and usually there is a running head after the page number as well, for instance “chapter number” on the left page and “chapter title” on the right page. Not sure what your set up is.

    hope this helps.

  • October 29, 2019 at 11:33 am #14323838
    Michele Jarosz

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    I used to work in points/picas before computers, no it’s inches. I do have my numbers lined up with the text below. On almost every page there is a (ELGIN con’t} continuation line with the page number above it. So if I just make sure there is 1/4″ from the top and sides I’m good.

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