Page ladder
Topic overview
In this topic, a yearbook page ladder will be defined and explained.
What is a page ladder?
A page ladder is the actual printed layout of pages, set in "signatures." In a printing press, pages are printed on large sheets of paper and cut up into the 8.5 by 11 pages we know and love. The result of one "signature" is 16 pages, folded like a book.
It's important to know how your yearbook is split up in signatures, as most yearbook publishing companies base their deadlines on a certain number of signatures that need to be submitted to them.
How does a page ladder help us?
When planning out how many pages each section takes up, it's important to list them in a page ladder. This way you can visually tell how the yearbook is split up. A page ladder shows the relationship between page numbers–all even pages would be on the left hand side of a 2-page spread, and all odd pages are on the right-hand side.
You can write down section titles in a page ladder to organize how long each section is going to be. A good way to do this is to reference previous years' yearbooks.
What you've learned from this topic:
- The basics of what a page ladder is
- The relationship between page ladders and page numbers
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