The Aerodrome Forum - View Single Post - What format do you prefer reference books?

Kosh · 19 July 2007, 07:15 AM

That 90 degree rotation should never be done. NEVER! A book designer doing that should be shot. As for the orientation, I´d say that is very much dependent on the subject. Landscape format is very good for e.g. ships and tanks, for obvious reasons.

As far as storing goes, that is a double edged sword. E.g. I don´t have problems when storing e.g. A4 landscape books, but sometimes bookcases have a maximum depth on only some 10-11 inches. Luckily I have a shelf which can hold 4 x 80 cm wide rows of books up to 13-14" in depth provided the height does not exceed 10".

As for handling, that is very much dependent on the format (size). I have found no difficulties in handling or reading the A4 size Schiffer book on the XF8B despite it being quite a heavy one.

May I ask what is the topic, how large the illustrations would be and how many pages would it have?

19 July 2007, 07:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kosh Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 222	That 90 degree rotation should never be done. NEVER! A book designer doing that should be shot. As for the orientation, I´d say that is very much dependent on the subject. Landscape format is very good for e.g. ships and tanks, for obvious reasons. As far as storing goes, that is a double edged sword. E.g. I don´t have problems when storing e.g. A4 landscape books, but sometimes bookcases have a maximum depth on only some 10-11 inches. Luckily I have a shelf which can hold 4 x 80 cm wide rows of books up to 13-14" in depth provided the height does not exceed 10". As for handling, that is very much dependent on the format (size). I have found no difficulties in handling or reading the A4 size Schiffer book on the XF8B despite it being quite a heavy one. May I ask what is the topic, how large the illustrations would be and how many pages would it have?