Am 18.06.25 um 15:16 schrieb John Was:
> Hello Hraban
>
> I have no doubt been feeding in erroneous information in the layout, and
> not giving ConTexT what it really needs (and in fact all I really
> require is  typeset page 24 picas wide, 40 picas deep, with a headline
> 12 point above the top line of text).  At any rate, here is what I have
> so far  (the width of 627points is supposed to account for margin and
> edge areas, and the height of 522 points is experimental - actually not
> enough as the lower crop marks come into the text area):
>
> \definepapersize[OUPoctavo][width=627pt, height=522pt]%offset=100pt?
>
> \setuppapersize[OUPoctavo][A4] % paper size, printed on A4
>
> \definelayout[GHIL]
> [edge=48pt,
> edgedistance=6pt,
> margin=72pt,
> margindistance=6pt,
> topspace=48pt,
> header=12pt,
> headerdistance=12pt,
> height=40pc,
> width=24pc,
> footerdistance=6pt,
> footer=12pt,
> bottomdistance=12pt,
> bottom=36pt,
> location=middle,
> marking=on,
> horoffset=60pt,
> veroffset=0pt,
> paper=OUPoctavo,
> cutspace=0pt]
> \setuplayout[GHIL]

These are far too many settings, that usually makes no sense and I doubt
you need all of them. At least horoffset and veroffset disturb the page
placement on the sheet.

There are instructions how to setup a layout properly somewhere in the
wiki, but since it was restructured, I can’t find anything any more.

Hraban

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