Here is a MWE illustrating the margin-setup of memoir
:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{1}
\lipsum
\chapter{2}
\lipsum
\end{document}
The first page of the document is shown below. As you can see, the margin at the left-hand side A is narrower than the margin at the right-hand side B. However, the spine of the book will be at side A, which seems wrong to me as this means that the edge margin will be much wider than the spine margin when the book is opened.
So my question is: What is the idea behind memoir's default margins? Wouldn't it be more correct to have them inverted such that the spine margin would be similar to the edge margin when the book is opened?
memoir
and using the above MWE, is it necessary to tweak the margins manually, or will it by default satisfy that 2A = B? – Tyler D Jul 10 at 7:47\typeoutlayout
in the preamble the layout is written to the log (the unit can be changed, see the memoir manual). Typically you'd use\checkandfixthelayout
which automatically runs\typeoutlayout
– daleif Jul 10 at 7:58