Margin (typography)
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In typography
, a margin is the space that surrounds the content of a page. 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 space between the two pages is known as the gutter
.
The default margins for Microsoft Word
are 1 inch (2.54 cm) top and bottom and 1.25 inch (3.18 cm) on the sides (Microsoft Word 2007 has 1 inch all around). OpenOffice.org Writer
has 0.79 inch (2 cm) all around. LaTeX
varies the width of its margins depending on the document size and font size used but it tries to adjust the margins for optimum readability (approximately 66 characters per line) which sometimes results in fairly large margins.
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
, a margin is the space that surrounds the content of a page. The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends. When a page is justified
Justification (typesetting)
In typesetting, justification is the typographic alignment setting of text or images within a column or "measure" to align along both the left and right margin...
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
Two-page spread
In page layout and typography, a spread is the unit formed by two adjacent, facing pages in a magazine or other publication, featuring a single image or a themed group of images...
), the space between the two pages is known as the gutter
Gutter
panels of a comic strip or comic book page*Gutter , the space between panes of postage stamps that creates configurations of "gutter pairs" or "gutter blocks"*Gutter, in interface design, the blank spaces that separate rows and columns in screen...
.
The default margins for Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
are 1 inch (2.54 cm) top and bottom and 1.25 inch (3.18 cm) on the sides (Microsoft Word 2007 has 1 inch all around). OpenOffice.org Writer
OpenOffice.org Writer
OpenOffice.org Writer is the word processor component of the OpenOffice.org software package. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some of their features....
has 0.79 inch (2 cm) all around. LaTeX
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
varies the width of its margins depending on the document size and font size used but it tries to adjust the margins for optimum readability (approximately 66 characters per line) which sometimes results in fairly large margins.