Page Layout ⇒ 6in×9in Page Size and two-sided Margins

[Jack45]

Hello all,

I have a problem I hope you can help me solve. I'm attempting to use XeLaTeX to create a publication ready manuscript for a print on demand (POD) publisher. My desired target output is a 6×9 inch press ready PDF.

I found a post here from a year or so back that touched on 6×9 PDF output. I managed to successfully change the page size with geometry like so:

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\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=6in, paperheight=9in]{geometry}

This succeeds in getting me a 6"×9" page and text area on that page. However, I do not seem to have the benefit of margin control and declaring "twosided" in my document class appears to do nothing.

How do I regain control of my margins in a two-sided manner? What are good default margin values, especially for my inner (spine) margin in a POD situation?

Thanks!

[localghost]

For margin control take a look at the geometry manual. As an alternative you could migrate to a class of KOMA Script.

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\documentclass[%
  fontsize=10pt,
  headinclude=on,
  footinclude=on,
  paper=6in:9in,
  BCOR=0.2in,
  DIV=12,
  pagesize,
  twoside
]{scrreprt}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline]{scrpage2}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{english}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{STIXGeneral}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\automark[section]{chapter}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}

\begin{document}
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

For details consult the user guide.

Note that the above example uses the free available STIX Fonts (OTF). But it should work with any other system font installed on your machine. If you don't specify a certain font, you need at least the Latin Modern (LM) Font Family installed as OTF because fontspec will try to use it.

You may also take a look at the memoir class. It has mechanisms for setting up uncommon page dimensions, too.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[paul]

I found a post here from a year or so back that touched on 6×9 PDF output. I managed to successfully change the page size with geometry like so:

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\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=6in, paperheight=9in]{geometry}

This succeeds in getting me a 6"×9" page and text area on that page. However, I do not seem to have the benefit of margin control and declaring "twosided" in my document class appears to do nothing.

You asked for a fixed 1 inch margin, what do you expect?