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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 1251314" data-attributes="member: 813">While I agree Monte's stuff is a bit dry, having large left and bottom margins has two purposes: The left margin (and right margin on the even pages) is so that if you print it back and front and get it bound, none of the text is caught in the crease. I printed Diamond Throne duplexed and it goes in a three ring binder like a dream. I intend to switch my margins from (the current) 0.75&quot; on the sides to 1&quot; and 0.5&quot; duplexed on some future releases for the same reason.The bottom margin is friendly to older printers that cannot address the bottom of the page (because the sheet feeders are no longer holding the page). Malhovic books have a lot of foot gutter but it does serve a purpose. I use 1&quot; top and bottom margins myself. (0.7&quot; after any header/footer text) and I've often wondered if it ever causes anyone any problems. They can always use shrink to fit, I suppose. And because some people have to shrink to fit, I use 9-point instead of 8-point fonts in the main text. I'm sure anyone printing on A4 paper has to shrink to fit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 1251314, member: 813"] While I agree Monte's stuff is a bit dry, having large left and bottom margins has two purposes: The left margin (and right margin on the even pages) is so that if you print it back and front and get it bound, none of the text is caught in the crease. I printed Diamond Throne duplexed and it goes in a three ring binder like a dream. I intend to switch my margins from (the current) 0.75" on the sides to 1" and 0.5" duplexed on some future releases for the same reason. The bottom margin is friendly to older printers that cannot address the bottom of the page (because the sheet feeders are no longer holding the page). Malhovic books have a lot of foot gutter but it does serve a purpose. I use 1" top and bottom margins myself. (0.7" after any header/footer text) and I've often wondered if it ever causes anyone any problems. They can always use shrink to fit, I suppose. And because some people have to shrink to fit, I use 9-point instead of 8-point fonts in the main text. I'm sure anyone printing on A4 paper has to shrink to fit. [/QUOTE]

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