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The Van de Graaf canon is used in book design to divide a page in pleasing proportions. This canon is also known as the "secret canon" used in many medieval manuscripts and incunabula. The page proportions vary, but most commonly used is the 2:3 proportion. In this canon the text area and page size are of same proportions, and the height of the text area equals the page width. |
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Popularized by Jan Tschichold in his book The Form of the Book in 1975. |
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August 13, 2006 |
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Public domain |
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