At the very least, add gutter space in the centre to account for what's lost in the spine (DSTLRY templates have different left and right pages to compensate).
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I don’t know that much about possible printing solutions, but I think you can just do a different layout so anything that the binding deforms isn’t important
sep 1, 2025, 4:23 pm • 3 0 • view
But I guess my point is here, there are also solutions available to the production department to mitigate the worst of something like this when faced with the art as it is.
sep 1, 2025, 4:25 pm • 7 0 • view
There's a reason I do very few double page spreads and don't really ever write them for myself.
sep 1, 2025, 4:50 pm • 2 0 • view
There's also the matter of people reading digitally. The "shrink and rotate to fit" solution doesn't work for me.
sep 1, 2025, 4:53 pm • 2 0 • view
Yep, I read a bunch digitally and it always pulls me out of the experience when a DPS comes up.
sep 1, 2025, 6:23 pm • 2 0 • view
It’s counterintuitive, we didn’t learn to read that way
sep 1, 2025, 5:00 pm • 1 0 • view
It reduces the effect too. The whole point of a DPS is it takes up double the space for drama.
sep 1, 2025, 5:03 pm • 2 0 • view
yep, that's a good point. It replaces the "OHHH!" for an "ugh"
sep 1, 2025, 5:07 pm • 2 0 • view
Oh for sure! Even with that I avoid putting anything dead centre. Especially as you don't know what later editions you might have (hardcovers etc).
sep 1, 2025, 4:24 pm • 3 0 • view