I printed two different versions of my small publication one with a gray background and white foreground and the other the opposite way round. I believe the white background works the best with the printing and binding style I have chosen. The gray cracks on the folds which, I don't need to worry about on the white and the orange thread stands out more. The orange was to help the design stand out as there isn't any colour on the front to help the book jump out.
The publication is to work as a little helpful guide on Layouts and grids I took the content from Vignelli's Cannon.
I printed onto 200 GSM matt paper stock as I wanted the publication to last and not feel flimsy to flick through. The binding method I used was a 5 hole pamphlet stitch this was to add a hand rendered method into an otherwise digital publication. The style is neat and gives the reader the ability to view the book without losing any information to the binding of the page. This also means you could create a double page spread without losing anything.
The top (grey cover) publication has been cut down to the same size as the one below but the back has left a white line on one side that I think is a problem that occured during printing but I wasn't able to see it until cut down. I used a scalpel and a rule to cut down the book and surprising worked well as there weren't too many pages to cut down. I have been told that the design looks like it has been printed off centre but as you can see the grid pattern would be able to carry on around the whole design I left one side on the right to lead the eye to open the book.
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