> Now here's the point. Because of the thickness of the paper, the
> middle pages (toward the bottom of the above pile) are puched
> outwards. To tidy this up, you can take a guillotine and slice of
> the protruding bits (of all except the first).
>
> However, this then leaves the print closer to the outside edges on
> the centre pages that it is on the outside pages, prgressively
> creeping outwards. This is what's called "creep" and it can become
> quite noticeable.
Interestingly, while being aware of this problem, I've never seen
someone handling this, neither in the LaTeX nor in the groff world.
> a) First question. I think it's probably difficult, if not
> impossible, to write a "universal macro" which would work with
> any of the usual macro sets ("ms", "me", etc). Comments?
I think you are right.
> c) I'm refining a macro for "ms" at the moment. Interested?
Please post it to the list.
> Then there are ths issues that arise with larger documents, where
> you eed to make them up of "signatures" each with few sheets. With
> standard 80gm/m2 printer paper, I've found that 16-sheet signatures
> are about as far as one wants to go.
Indeed. Most books only use 8 sheets, I believe.
> Having got your signatures, they then need to be attached
> together. For this, it's not ideal if each signature was stapled.
> Any recommendations for (a) making the central attachment for a
> signature instead of stapling;
Use a thread binding. It's not that difficult to do as soon as you
got accustomed to it. Of course, this isn't something for mass
production on the kitchen table.
> (b) binding signatures together?
Bookmaker's glue. Producing a good binding needs craftsmanship.
Werner
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