TYPOGRAPHY BOOK

indesign imposition

Typo Book

The term ‘imposition’ is a printing technique, whereby pages of a publication are placed in a certain

sequence ready for printing. Once these pages are printed, they are folded for binding and are in the

correct order for reading.

IMPOSITIONED

The individual pages of the publication are ‘impositioned’ or arranged on a large sheet called a ‘flat’, this is

then used to produce the plates used for printing.

The plate prints a single ‘form’ or impression from the flat. The other side of the sheet is printed back to

back in a process called ‘work and turn’ or ‘work and tumble’ (depending on the printing machine).

The sheet is then folded into a ‘signature’, and then bound along with other signatures. Once bound the

publication is trimmed.

Imposition and Printer Spreads

Different printers will use slightly different imposition templates for multiple page jobs. When planning your

pages for print, it is a good idea to speak to the print-room early in the process and they are more than

happy to provide you with the correct template. 

We read a book in the order of Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 ... Unfortunately, this is not the way we print them. The order pages are printed is directly related to the amount of pages there is in a book. For

example, if the book is 16 pages, then Page 1 will be sitting on the right of Page 16. It sounds confusing

doesn't it?

4 & 6 PAGE BOOKLET GUIDE

PAPER FOLDS

References:

Getting it right in Print: Digital pre-press for graphic designers.
Mark Gatter. 2005. London.

IMPOSITION FOLDS

IMPOSITION WITH INDESGN

IMPOSITIONING

PHOTOSHOP KERN

KERNING

FOLLOW RULES

FONT FITTING

AVOID UNSUITABLE FONTS

HEAD♦WORK

KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID

IMPOSITION LAYOUT

CHECKLIST

PRINT BOOKLET USING INDESIGN

INDESIGN CREATES BOOK

PRINT PREVIEW

ADOBE INDESIGN PRINT BOOK SCREENSHOT

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