What are the contents of book design?

Book design mainly includes layout design, cover, spine, back cover, title page, catalogue, font design, text, copyright page, postscript and so on.

1. Layout design: The layout design of a book refers to the artistic and scientific treatment of the structural level, characters, charts and other aspects of the manuscript in a given layout, so that the structural forms of the internal components of the book can not only be coordinated with the external forms such as the layout, binding and cover of the book, but also provide readers with reading convenience and visual enjoyment. Therefore, layout design is the core part of book design.

2. Cover: Cover design is an important part of book design. It is like the facade and window of a store, which plays the role of advertising and guides people's desire to buy. Therefore, the cover design of books can affect people's desire to buy. In fact, the cover of a book should include the back cover, which can be divided into one, two, three and four types. The general cover refers to the front of the book. Cover design needs title, publisher, author, etc. The back cover mainly includes copyright identification and pricing.

3. Title page design: the title page is the page after the book cover and before the text, which is the early Zhang Bei, with the title, publisher's name and author's name printed on it. As the cover and internal bridge of the book, the peasant team only lit a knife, which plays the role of connecting the appearance and text, and is the focus of the book's internal design.

4. Directory design: Directory is an important part of books, which records the title, author, publication and collection, and arranges them in a certain order. It is a tool to guide reading and searching books. Catalogue is an important source of information tips for the whole book, a guiding system for books, a source for readers to ask for information and a prompting tool for reading. The table of contents is usually located after the preface, before the text or after the text. There are many forms of catalogue arrangement.

5. Font design: Font is the smallest element that constitutes an inner page, and font size and spacing are the main aspects that need to be considered in font design. Readers, book content and layout determine the choice of font size and font. The first thing to consider is the main content of the text, which is the main feeling that affects reading. For example, the font size of novels is generally between 12 and 14, because it can make readers' eyes better and faster.