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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-gutter.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-gutter.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6817b2f9550..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-gutter.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label gutter</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Why is the inside margin so narrow?</h3> -<p/>If you give the standard classes the <code>twoside</code> option, the -class sets the margins narrow on the left of odd-numbered pages, and -on the right of even-numbered pages. This is often thought to look -odd, but it is quite right. -<p/>The idea is that the typographic urge for symmetry should also apply -to margins: if you lay an even numbered page to the left of an -odd-numbered one, you will see that you’ve three equal chunks of -un-printed paper: the left margin of the even page, the right margin -of the odd page, and the two abutting margins together. -<p/>This is all very fine in the abstract, but in practical book(let) -production it only works “sometimes”. -<p/>If your booklet is produced on double-width paper and stapled, the -effect will be good; if your book(let) is produced using a so-called -“perfect” binding, the effect will again be good. -<p/>However, almost any “quality” book-binder will need some of your -paper to grab hold of, and a book bound in such a way won’t exhibit -the treasured symmetry unless you’ve done something about the margin -settings. -<p/>The packages recommended in -“<a href="FAQ-marginpkgs.html">setting up margins</a>” mostly have provision for -a “binding offset” or a “binding correction” — search for -“binding” in the manuals (<i>vmargin</i> doesn’t help, here). -<p/>If you’re doing the job by hand (see -<a href="FAQ-marginmanual.html">manual margin setup</a>), the trick is to -calculate your page and margin dimensions as normal, and then: -<ul> -<li> subtract the binding offset from <code>\</code><code>evensidemargin</code>, and -<li> add the binding offset to <code>\</code><code>oddsidemargin</code>. -</ul> -which can be achieved by: -<blockquote> -<pre> -\addtolength{\evensidemargin}{-offset} -\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{offset} -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -(substituting something sensible like “<code>5mm</code>” for -“<code>offset</code>”, above). -<p/>The above may not be the best you can do: you may well choose to -change the <code>\</code><code>textwidth</code> in the presence of the binding offset; but -the changes do work for constant <code>\</code><code>textwidth</code>. -<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=gutter">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=gutter</a> -</body> |