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Printing 101
Mr. Toad's Templates
Disc Design Strategies
Disc Design Critiques

Ink Not Light
Proof Early, Proof Often
Formatting and Layout

Bleeds and Safety Margins
Reg and Crop Marks

Spine Design

Minimizing Film Costs


For The Novice
File Management
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Further Study
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Spine Design

There is a traditional orientation for main spine, which is the one attached to the right hand side of the traycard.  It's the same for CDs as it is for books.  When you browse through your CD collection, you should be tilting your head to the right in order to read every spine.

The secondary spine is the one attached to the left hand side of the traycard.  Traditionally, this spine reads the opposite direction as the main spine. That way, when the closed jewel case is lying face up on a table, both spines will be right-side-up.

However, there are many CDs out there with the secondary spine flipped from its traditional orientation, as this allows a CD to be placed backwards in someone's collection and still have a right-reading spine facing outwards.  It's your choice.

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