Source: after WeasyPrint’s “book-classical” sample
Source: Inspired by A Very Short Introduction series
Recommended ClassicThesis print setup Interior A4 (210 × 297 mm), no bleed or crop marks Printing Duplex; flip on the long edge; preserve intentional blank pages Output Print at 100% / Actual Size with embedded fonts Binding Left edge; the layout already includes 5 mm binding correction Color Black or grayscale interior Type 11pt Palatino with approximately 14.3pt leading Printer-dependent suggestion: 80–90 gsm uncoated stock for longer books, or 90–100 gsm for a shorter/premium copy. Confirm the gutter with the printer and supply the cover/spine separately.
Source: Book template using the ClassicThesis package (Overleaf)
Recommended memoir template print setup Interior 6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm); stock equals trim, so no bleed or crop marks Margins 0.75 in spine, 0.625 in fore-edge, 0.75 in head and foot Type 12pt EB Garamond at about 16.3pt leading Footnotes Set at the foot of the page, numbered 1, 2, 3 … Printing Two-sided (duplex) Color Black interior The template specifies only the 6 × 9 page and the type above; it prescribes no paper stock, binding correction, or cover. Confirm the gutter with your printer and supply the cover/spine separately.
Source: Memoir Book Template, 6×9 (Overleaf)
Recommended Tufte print setup Interior US letter (8.5 × 11 in), no bleed or crop marks Printing Duplex; flip on the long edge Layout Asymmetric by design — the sidenote column stays on the right edge of every page, verso and recto Output Print at 100% / Actual Size with embedded fonts Color Black or grayscale interior Type 10pt Palatino (Bembo if installed) on 14pt leading, 26-pica measure The Tufte-LaTeX classes also ship b5 and a4 variants; on other trims this theme scales the page and margin column linearly. Its LaTeX render (--pdf-engine latex) instead uses the genuine tufte-book class, which fixes 10/14 Palatino on a letter sheet: the font-size and line-height options don't apply there, and other trims resize only the sheet, not the sidenote column.
Source: Book design inspired by Edward Tufte (Overleaf)
Recommended mydiss print setup Interior 156 × 234 mm (6.14 × 9.21 in); no bleed or crop marks Margins 20.8 mm spine, 31.2 mm fore-edge (a wide outer margin), 20.2 mm head, 36.8 mm foot Type 9pt Fedra Serif B where installed, otherwise Charter — both with oldstyle figures — at about 13.75pt leading (1.25 line spread) Printing Two-sided (duplex); flip on the long edge Color Black or grayscale interior The class fixes only the 156 × 234 mm page and the type above; it prescribes no paper stock, binding correction, or cover. Confirm the gutter with your printer and supply the cover/spine separately.
Source: mydiss dissertation class by Michael Ummels
Recommended Polimi thesis print setup Interior A4 (210 × 297 mm); the chapter bars run to the trimmed fore-edge, so print with bleed or accept a hairline of white at the bar's end Margins memoir's A4 defaults: 1.47 in spine, 1.5 in fore-edge, 1.78 in head, 1.72 in foot Type 12pt Minion Pro at 14.5pt leading, Myriad Pro furniture, Monaco listings Printing The source is one-sided; this adaptation mirrors the margins for two-sided (duplex) printing and always opens chapters on a right-hand page Color Black interior with BrickRed chapter initials — grayscale printing flattens them to gray Minion Pro, Myriad Pro, and Monaco are commercial faces; kindred system fonts substitute where they are missing. The template prescribes no paper stock or binding, and its cover is a separate InDesign document — supply your own.
Source: Cerberus master thesis, Politecnico di Milano (Edoardo Colombo)
Fine print — typography, chapters, images, feeds, engine
Chapters open on
Right-hand page (traditional)
Next page (compact)
Split files into chapters
Auto (at # headings if 2+)
Always at h1
Always at h2
Never
Images
Embed in the book
Leave as links
Remove
Footnote numbering
Hyperlink URL notes (L1, L2…)
At the foot of each page
At the end of the book (print/PDF)
Off — keep hyperlinks as-is
Note marker style
L1, L2…
[1], [2]…
Link note color
Grey (default)
Black
Blue