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I have read why they tend to be large in the default, e.g., in
Margin on a4 paper is too big , Why are default LaTeX margins so big? .



alas, margins as wide as the defaults in latex are clearly not common. yes, I know how to override them.



but I wonder whether there is a style file that is a little less adhoc than my own choices. It could recommend / set reasonable margins for documents, perhaps based on what typical papers of this type would be...one for academic papers, one for magazines, one for books, one for letters, etc., as well as font size, etc. That is, I would rely on experts, rather than on myself for this sort of judgment call.






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  • Do you have evidence that text width much wider than the latex defaults is common? (Margins are not the issue, they are just an artefact of the physical page size)
    – David Carlisle
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  • If you do not use margin notes, you might be interested in the typographic French tradition (the so-called Canon des ateliers), which I explain for a4paper in my answer to this question.
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I have read why they tend to be large in the default, e.g., in
Margin on a4 paper is too big , Why are default LaTeX margins so big? .



alas, margins as wide as the defaults in latex are clearly not common. yes, I know how to override them.



but I wonder whether there is a style file that is a little less adhoc than my own choices. It could recommend / set reasonable margins for documents, perhaps based on what typical papers of this type would be...one for academic papers, one for magazines, one for books, one for letters, etc., as well as font size, etc. That is, I would rely on experts, rather than on myself for this sort of judgment call.






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  • Do you have evidence that text width much wider than the latex defaults is common? (Margins are not the issue, they are just an artefact of the physical page size)
    – David Carlisle
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  • If you do not use margin notes, you might be interested in the typographic French tradition (the so-called Canon des ateliers), which I explain for a4paper in my answer to this question.
    – Bernard
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I have read why they tend to be large in the default, e.g., in
Margin on a4 paper is too big , Why are default LaTeX margins so big? .



alas, margins as wide as the defaults in latex are clearly not common. yes, I know how to override them.



but I wonder whether there is a style file that is a little less adhoc than my own choices. It could recommend / set reasonable margins for documents, perhaps based on what typical papers of this type would be...one for academic papers, one for magazines, one for books, one for letters, etc., as well as font size, etc. That is, I would rely on experts, rather than on myself for this sort of judgment call.






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I have read why they tend to be large in the default, e.g., in
Margin on a4 paper is too big , Why are default LaTeX margins so big? .



alas, margins as wide as the defaults in latex are clearly not common. yes, I know how to override them.



but I wonder whether there is a style file that is a little less adhoc than my own choices. It could recommend / set reasonable margins for documents, perhaps based on what typical papers of this type would be...one for academic papers, one for magazines, one for books, one for letters, etc., as well as font size, etc. That is, I would rely on experts, rather than on myself for this sort of judgment call.






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  • Do you have evidence that text width much wider than the latex defaults is common? (Margins are not the issue, they are just an artefact of the physical page size)
    – David Carlisle
    5 hours ago










  • If you do not use margin notes, you might be interested in the typographic French tradition (the so-called Canon des ateliers), which I explain for a4paper in my answer to this question.
    – Bernard
    5 hours ago


















  • Do you have evidence that text width much wider than the latex defaults is common? (Margins are not the issue, they are just an artefact of the physical page size)
    – David Carlisle
    5 hours ago










  • If you do not use margin notes, you might be interested in the typographic French tradition (the so-called Canon des ateliers), which I explain for a4paper in my answer to this question.
    – Bernard
    5 hours ago
















Do you have evidence that text width much wider than the latex defaults is common? (Margins are not the issue, they are just an artefact of the physical page size)
– David Carlisle
5 hours ago




Do you have evidence that text width much wider than the latex defaults is common? (Margins are not the issue, they are just an artefact of the physical page size)
– David Carlisle
5 hours ago












If you do not use margin notes, you might be interested in the typographic French tradition (the so-called Canon des ateliers), which I explain for a4paper in my answer to this question.
– Bernard
5 hours ago




If you do not use margin notes, you might be interested in the typographic French tradition (the so-called Canon des ateliers), which I explain for a4paper in my answer to this question.
– Bernard
5 hours ago















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