From the category archives:

Interior Design

X Hits the Spot: Why .DOCX is Better than .DOC for Authors Using Word

by Joel Friedlander on April 17, 2013 · 11 comments

Book Design: Don’t Get Confused By Typeface Point Sizes

by Joel Friedlander on February 1, 2012 · 21 comments

Finding Photographs for a Book or Blog Gets Better

by Joel Friedlander on December 21, 2011 · 10 comments

Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel

by Joel Friedlander on April 5, 2011 · 4 comments

Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction

by Joel Friedlander on December 10, 2010 · 1 comment

Pagination Styles: Shall We Kill the Widows & Orphans?

by Joel Friedlander on October 20, 2010 · 87 comments

Beautiful Details, Beautiful Books: How to Recognize Oldstyle Typefaces

by Joel Friedlander on September 29, 2010 · 12 comments

Do You Know These 5 Ways to Use Negative Space in Your Book Design?

by Joel Friedlander on September 28, 2010 · 12 comments

Self-Publishing Case Study: Personal Memoir

by Joel Friedlander on September 22, 2010 · 14 comments

The Big Book of Font Combinations by Douglas Bonneville

by Joel Friedlander on September 20, 2010

Book Design with Microsoft Word: The Art of Moriah Jovan

by Joel Friedlander on September 14, 2010 · 28 comments

3 Keys to Beautiful Book Pages

by Joel Friedlander on September 7, 2010 · 10 comments

8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign

by Joel Friedlander on September 2, 2010 · 18 comments

Project Focus: Dancing on the River by Mark Susnow

by Joel Friedlander on June 3, 2010 · 1 comment

The Typographer’s Curse: Automatic Leading

by Joel Friedlander on May 6, 2010 · 6 comments

Project Focus: Exotic Life by Lisa Alpine

by Joel Friedlander on April 21, 2010 · 10 comments

Book Page Layout for a Long Narrative

by Joel Friedlander on March 9, 2010 · 9 comments

Apple iPad Typography: Fonts We Actually Want

by Joel Friedlander on March 1, 2010 · 35 comments

4 Incredible Free Sources for Photos to Use in Your Book or Blog

by Joel Friedlander on February 26, 2010 · 21 comments

Project Focus: The Poetry of the Typography of Poetry

by Joel Friedlander on February 24, 2010 · 4 comments

3 Great Typeface Combinations You Can Use in Your Book

by Joel Friedlander on February 19, 2010 · 51 comments

Apple iPad: E-Book Reading, Kindle-Killing, Business-Saving Product of the Century?

by Joel Friedlander on January 28, 2010 · 82 comments

Readability and a Lifelong Lesson for Beginning Book Designers

by Joel Friedlander on January 25, 2010 · 6 comments

22 Top Book Designer Tasks for Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Print

by Joel Friedlander on January 7, 2010 · 5 comments

Warning: Even “A-List” Bloggers Need Book Designers

by Joel Friedlander on January 4, 2010 · 4 comments

Going Undercover—The Story of Knock-Off

by Joel Friedlander on November 13, 2009 · 3 comments

Self-Publishing Basics: The Elements of the Book Page

by Joel Friedlander on November 6, 2009 · 2 comments

Three Secrets Your Book Designer Knows

by Joel Friedlander on November 5, 2009 · 0 comments

Interior Design for Not A Fire Exit by Christopher Finlan

by Joel Friedlander on November 4, 2009 · 4 comments

Self-Publishing Basics: The Copyright Page

by Joel Friedlander on October 28, 2009 · 78 comments

Does Anyone Actually Like eReaders?

by Joel Friedlander on October 27, 2009 · 15 comments

Self-Publishing Basics: Book Chapters and Subheads

by Joel Friedlander on October 19, 2009 · 11 comments

Prepping Files for Book Layout: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

by Joel Friedlander on October 7, 2009 · 0 comments

Self-Publishing Basics: Book Pagination For Fun and Profit

by Joel Friedlander on October 2, 2009 · 12 comments

Project Focus: Interior Design for Business Mensch by Noah Alper

by Joel Friedlander on October 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book

by Joel Friedlander on September 29, 2009 · 24 comments

Does Book Design Really Matter?

by Joel Friedlander on September 28, 2009 · 21 comments

Self-Publishing Basics: 5 Layout Mistakes that Make You Look Unprofessional

by Joel Friedlander on September 17, 2009 · 27 comments

Project Focus: Interior Design for The Age of Participation

by Joel Friedlander on September 16, 2009 · 2 comments

5 Favorite Fonts for Interior Book Design

by Joel Friedlander on August 31, 2009 · 277 comments