: What are the basic rules for designing a book (novel)? I promised my friend I'd design a book for him he's releasing for free and I could use the help of you guys. I'm going to use the

@LarsenBagley460

There are a ton of important things to consider for this project. Sure, you can use the dimensions you just listed, but this project really would be helped if you had an understanding of classic print page layout. The best book I can recommend starting with is Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style. It's a pretty short read. I can't remember if he covers everything about page layout, but there is a science behind all of it - margins, gutters, leading, grid, font proportions - these things are important and google isn't going to give you the answers.

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@Jennifer810

A good read is webtypography. Basically it just meant to learn how to apply this to the web via css, but it's also good to learn some basics.

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@Speyer780

I'd try doing a few pages at 10/12 and seeing how readable they are. You might need to go to 11/13 if it seems hard to read. At 6x9 you don't want a very wide leading, so one or two points larger than your font size should be sufficient. I probably wouldn't go to 9/10.5 for Adobe Garamond because it has a low x-height and thin strokes. I'd risk it with Times or Palatino.

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