Page sizes.
Spread sizes.
Cover size.
Spine thickness.
Bleed.
Trim.
Budget.
How many words need to get in?
Not that I ever worry about that.
The total of pages.
How many sections.
Printers like devided by 8 or 16.
Dpi’s.
Pixels.
Points.
Mm’s on this side of the pond.
Copy in first.
A dreadful looking phase.
It gets even worse from there,
with pictures added.
Counting starts.
Creating space.
To get all fitted into a rythm.
Adding pages to weave the air in.
The pages run up.
When the rythm is right.
This can be felt.
The counting and numbers disappear.
It’s time to start designing.
