Intake Manifold Gasket Question

My son is about to install an Edelbrock Performer manifold on the 318 in his Dart, and we have the Fel Pro steel shim intake gasket set. My question is, does it matter which side the raised surface of the gasket is on, the head side or the manifold side..?? And I assume I can just use RTV to seal the gasket, right? I've always used composite gaskets in the past, so this is new to me.