Crop marks
Every plate carries its own trim
Four L-shaped corner marks register each sheet to the grid — no boxed cards, no border frames. Structure reads as printed trim.
Black ink draws the structure; printed crop marks register every sheet to the column grid. Then one cobalt cross-hair locks onto the lead — no fills, no glow, just the plate that goes to press first.
A studio table, not a dashboard. The line registers; colour calls the lead.
Crop marks
Four L-shaped corner marks register each sheet to the grid — no boxed cards, no border frames. Structure reads as printed trim.
The reticle
Cobalt is a signal, never a fill: a single registration cross-hair targets the plate that leads the issue. Under five percent of the surface.
Offset stack
Plates sit on a backlit table at slight offsets, like separation sheets. The register grid runs beneath them so alignment reads at a glance.
Folio 07 · leaf study
X 0.0 · Y 0.0
Folio 11 · contact strip
X −0.8 · Y +0.2
Folio 03 · the lead
X +2.4 · Y −1.1
Drag a sheet and its crop marks snap to the nearest column; the reticle re-targets whichever plate is set to lead the issue. Registration is the work — the rest is reading.
REG 03 · OFFSET X+2.4mm Y−1.1mm · LOCKED
| Folio | Plate | Medium | Reg. | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Heron, south gallery | Drypoint | X+2.4 | Lead |
| 07 | Leaf study, no. 5 | Pen & ink | 0.0 | Registered |
| 11 | Contact strip, dancers | Silver print | X−0.8 | Registered |
| 19 | Marbled endpaper | Monotype | Y+0.4 | Registered |
Black ink draws the structure. One cobalt cross-hair says: this one first.
No washes, no glow, no rounded SaaS cards. A studio sheet on a dark glass table, registered and locked before it goes to press.
Register an issue