Book Gutter Size Calculator

Remember to add an extra 3mm for the bleed.

Book gutter size calculator.

The final size of your spine calculation must be used alongside the dimension of the cover design artwork. Adding additional downspouts will require less gutter and downspout volume resulting in smaller gutters downspouts. The gutter is the amount of the book that you lose to the binding process. Multiply the drainage area by the roof pitch factor and rainfall intensity to find out the adjusted square footage.

Keep the type and elements that you don t want trimmed off at least 3 8 375 from the bleed edge. Multiply the drainage area by the roof pitch factor and rainfall intensity to find out the adjusted square footage. Also see our calculator for book weight. Book cover spine example with bleeds and trim.

The gutter and downspout size required is highly dependent on the amount of gutter and the spacing of the downspouts. Then use the chart below to see what size gutter you need. The gutter goes on the left side of right hand pages and on the right side of left hand pages. So yes you have a half inch margin on the left and the right to have white space to keep your book easy to read.

A handy book spine width calculator for publishers and graphic designers to use. In a book of this size i would usually recommend minimum 75 margins and a little more on the gutter binding side. Then use the information below to see what size gutter you need. 5 inch 5 520 square feet.

If a roof s various drainage areas call for different size gutters go for the biggest one k style. The dimensions from the spine calculator include a 1 8 125 bleed on all four sides. By 6 9 and 12. Any background colour or image will need extending for an additional 3mm beyond the outer edges this is known as bleed.

6 inch 7 960 square feet. But in addition to that margin you also want a gutter. If a roof s various drainage areas call for different size gutters go for the biggest one k style. 5 inch 5 520 square feet.

The five canons are the fine print the regular print and 3 based of a geometrical division of the page. However an appointment diary is quite different from a novel or nonfiction book and i would probably reduce the margins to about 5 again with slightly more on the gutter side to compensate for the curve of the binding. This will be cut off when the book is bound.