Book design means. Modern books are paginated consecutively, and all pages are counted in the pagination whether or not the numbers appear. The page number, or folio, is most commonly found at the top of the page, flush left verso, flush right recto. The folio may also be printed at the bottom of the page, and in that location it is called a drop folio. Drop folios usually appear either centered on each page or flush left verso and flush right recto. Front matter (or preliminaries; shortened to "prelims") comprises the first section of a book, and is usually the smallest section
Page (paper) lightness or darkness of the page is referred to as its colour. In book typography, a "cat hairbrush" refers to a master design of a page, designed by the graphic designer or the typographer of a book, that illustrates how similar pages in the same book can achieve a level of visual consistency. To help maintain the desired consistency, the typical page may employ a grid system. In a modern book, a page may contain a header and a footer. Pages may or may not be numbered, but most pages are. "...The first printed books had no title pages. As