John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > I'm thinking that the article class must either 1) > not embody "the classic rules" that well or 2) the classic rules > aren't very aesthetically pleasing after all.
or 3) the classic rules are variable and flexible. Here is a quote from the Koma script manual: Many LATEX classes, including the standard classes, present the user with the largely fixed configuration of margins and typearea. With the standard classes, the configuration determined is very much dependent on the chosen font size. There are separate packages, such as geometry (see [Ume00]), which give the user complete control, but also full responsibility, of the settings of typearea and margins. KOMA-Script takes a somewhat different approach with its typearea package. Here the user is given several construction setting and automatization possibilities based on established typography standards in order to help guide him or her in making a good choice. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com