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A soft book cover would be something like this. The calculator below will determine the spine width given the number of pages and paper weight in gsm. | A soft book cover would be something like this. The calculator below will determine the spine width given the number of pages and paper weight in gsm. | ||
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[[File:Spine_Book_Template.sla.gz]] if you wish to play | [[http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/File:Spine_Book_Template.sla.gz Spine_Book_Template.sla.gz]] if you wish to play with the original | ||
The code below could do with some typical paper weights, however best talk to the printer about this. | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 15 January 2011
A soft book cover would be something like this. The calculator below will determine the spine width given the number of pages and paper weight in gsm.
[Spine_Book_Template.sla.gz] if you wish to play with the original
The code below could do with some typical paper weights, however best talk to the printer about this.
#/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import scribus
import math
from scribus import UNIT_POINTS,BUTTON_OK,ICON_WARNING
startMsg1 = "The conventional design suggests that spine width is calculated as follows: \n\n"
startMsg2 = "10 divided by 176, multiplied by the number of pages of text within the book, divided by 90, "
startMsg3 = "multiplied by the weight of the paper in gsm, add 1mm for the crease in the cover and this will give you a soft cover book thickness in millimetres.\n\n"
startMsg4 = "Add 3mm to this figure and you have the spine thickness of a hard covered book"
startMsg = startMsg1 + startMsg2 + startMsg3 + startMsg4
start = scribus.messageBox('Book Spine Width Calculator', startMsg, ICON_WARNING, BUTTON_OK)
P = scribus.valueDialog('Spine Calculator','Enter Number of pages')
P = float(P)
G = scribus.valueDialog('Spine Calculator','Enter Paper Weight (gsm)')
G = float(G)
# Need some sanity checks here, max and min values P and G
A = float(10)
B = float(176)
bsw = (A/B) * (P/90) * G + 1 + 3
bsw = float("%2.2f" % (bsw))
bsws = bsw - 3
P = int(P)
G = int(G)
widthMsg1 = "The spine thickness for a soft cover book of " + str(P) + " pages of " + str(G) + " gsm paper is " + str(bsws) + " mm.\n\n"
widthMsg2 = "The spine thickness for a hard cover book of " + str(P) + " pages of " + str(G) + " gsm paper is " + str(bsw) + " mm."
widthMsg = widthMsg1 + widthMsg2
end = scribus.messageBox('Book Spine Width', widthMsg, ICON_WARNING, BUTTON_OK)