Book design is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various components of a book into a coherent whole. In the words of Jan Tschichold, "Methods and rules that cannot be improved upon have been developed over centuries. To produce perfect books, these rules must be revived and applied." The front matter, or preliminaries, is the first section of a book and typically has the fewest pages. While all pages are counted, page numbers are generally not printed, whether the pages are blank or contain content.
— What's the ideal font size for footnotes, and is there a reason why the footnote font should be smaller?
— With regard to the footnote intended for use in the text, we found that some content needed to be included in the manuscript, but was less important than the main copy. Therefore, it is necessary that the master copy has a higher level of hierarchy.