> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. April 2017 um 19:22 Uhr > Von: "scrib at wexfordpress.com" <scrib at wexfordpress.com> > An: "scribus at lists.scribus.net" <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > Betreff: [scribus] Equivilent to Pages Per Inch > > When figuring book spine dimensions in the USA we use the attribute of the > interior paper used called PPI or pages per inch. > The page count is divided by the PPI, a small factor for the cover > thickness is added and the result is the spine width in inches. > > Printers here will either quote the PPI or at least provide a method to > calculate it. > > In the metric world things are different of course. What is the attribute > of paper stock equivalent to PPI? How is it used to calculate > the spine dimensions? > > All replies appreciated. > > John Culleton
Hi John, I wonder why you even need this. Publishing companies calculate the size of the spine on their own, and POD companies either provide an online spine calculator or a formula, which you can apply in Scribus using the arithmetic capacities of its spin boxes. Christoph
