Print space

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The Print space (German Satzspiegel) is a typographic term and determines the effective area on the paper of a book, journal or other press work. The print space is limited by the surrounding borders, or in other words the gutters outside the printed area.

The term comes originally from hot metal typesetting: Above the desktop was a mirror (German Spiegel) where the typesetter could read the inverted letters.

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