Is it a good idea to design a book cover with front cover, back cover, and spine in ConTeXt? Or, is there a better software for designing book cover?
Do print shops just accept a book cover design as a PDF file which can be created by anything including ConTeXt? Is it a good idea to set left margin and right margin differently for digitally distributed PDFs? Digital PDFs don't need different margins on the left and the right, but a digital PDF with different margins on the left and the right can be used in a physical book. ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 at 9:50 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > Am 06.09.22 um 10:20 schrieb amano.kenji via ntg-context: > > > Let's assume that I'm writing an A4 book. > > > > How can I design front cover, spine, and back cover of the book with > > ConTeXt? > > > > I've read many PDF files, but none that I can remember actually had book > > spine on it. Some had back cover. Most had front cover. > > > > Do printing houses make spine and back cover for authors so that back cover > > and spine don't need to be typeset by LaTeX or ConTeXt? > > > No, they don’t, you must provide an extra PDF in the right size. > Often, printshops provide a template. > > If I don’t have a design that goes over the spine, I use a cover.tex > that imports front and back of my main PDF and just add the spine text. > Everything placed on a layer. > This way, my main PDF contains everything except the spine – makes sense > for proofreading or digital distribution. > > Spine width depends mostly on page number and paper weight (thickness), > but also on the binding technology used – ask your printshop. > > Hraban > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : https://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
