krank said:
I grunden är det helt enkelt en fråga om vana. Eftersom alla böcker gör så, så är det lättare för läsaren om man också gör så.
(Jag hoppas att det är okej att diskutera det här i tråden, i och med att det är en layouttråd. Annars får väl en moderator bryta ut det.)
Fast alla böcker gör ju inte så. Inte de jag har hemma. Och jag verkar inte ensam om att tycka att det är knäppt. Några citat från nätet:
"Well, Judith Butcher seems fairly neutral on whether chapters should start on a recto or follow on. She says 'The main text (introduction or chapter 1) always starts on a right-hand page. Later chapters may start on a fresh page, or may run on, separated from the preceding chapter only by a space. If there are to be offprints of individual chapters (in the case of a contributory volume, for example), the chapters will usually start on a right-hand page.'"
"Hugh Williamson (in Methods of Book Design) doesn’t think much of the idea either:Even when the text needs to be extended rather than compressed, starting new chapters on recto pages does not tend to work well. Some chapters end recto and others verso, so the new chapter heading will sometimes face a blank verso and sometimes a full one, a variation which may puzzle the reader.
He then points out that beginning chapters on recto pages may be necessary for collections of articles (in a technical journal, say) that may also be reprinted as separate papers."
"Chapters, the first chapter should start on the next recto page. The style for the following chapters can vary. One option is to start all chapters on a recto page. This is considered formal and can leave the preceding verso page blank. Another allows for the following chapters to start on either the recto or verso leaving no blank pages. In some cases the following chapter may simply start a few lines after the end of the previous chapter. Although it is rarely done it is seen in some fiction and an occasional non-fiction book" (Från The Elements of Book Layout)
"Both right-hand (recto) and left-hand (verso) opening pages are common, and double page (double truck) openings in which both pages are used as a spread, are also used." (Från en sida som heter "The Book Designer")