From: Michael Brady <bradydesign-AT-embarqmail.com>
Date: 26 Mar 2009 13:18:37 UTC   (05:18:37 PM in author's locale)
To: The Graphics List <graphics-AT-lists.graphicslist.org>

A book client told me they wanted a book smaller than letter-sized
(and they weren't thinking of any A-sizes either).

Initially, I suggested 8x10, which after I started working with it
just seemed to be an 8.5 x 11 put on the Xerox machine and reduced a
tad. So I started looking at other proporitons. I noticed that a
height of 10.5 inches, which is smaller than 11, is 21/2 (i.e., the
numerator is a Fibonacci number), so I made the width 6.5 inches,
i.e., 13/2. Just a wee bit narrow, but it does have that .619
Fibonacci ratio. Also, it's 68.25 sq. in, which is close to the same
surface as a 7x10 book.

Downside: it's 73% of the area of 8.5 x 11, so the page count will go
up by roughly 33%, too, which can't be recovered because the excess
paper of the smaller trim will just be discarded as waste. I'm going
to run the cost comparison by them again, but I think that will not be
a big factor and they'll stick with the smaller size.

What do you think of this? Any other ideas?

Thanks.

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Michael Brady
michaelb-AT-michaelbradydesign.com

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