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Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel

by Joel Friedlander on April 5, 2011 4 Comments

Case Study: Hardcover Adventure Travel. The Boy Behind the Gate by Larry Jacobson, a complex typographic design with a lot of other decorative elements

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Printing, Book Production, Cover Design, Interior Design, Samples, Self-Publishing Tagged With: adventure travel book, binding, book design, Book Printing, book production, casebound books, color inserts, Larry Jacobson, publish a book, self publishing

Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction

by Joel Friedlander on December 10, 2010 1 Comment

Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction by Sally Fletcher. Music, Healing and Harmony and the design and production process

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production, Cover Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Heavenly Harpist, music therapy, offset printing, publish a book, Sally Fletcher, self publishing

Pagination Styles: Shall We Kill the Widows & Orphans?

by Joel Friedlander on October 20, 2010 141 Comments

Pagination Styles: Shall We Kill the Widows & Orphans? As a self-publisher you’ll have to choose one style over another, and live with the results of either stray lines or holes at the bottom of your pages.

Filed Under: Book Construction Blueprint, Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Adobe InDesign, book design, self publishing, typography, widows and orphans

Beautiful Details, Beautiful Books: How to Recognize Oldstyle Typefaces

by Joel Friedlander on September 29, 2010 19 Comments

Beautiful Details, Beautiful Books: How to Recognize Oldstyle Typefaces including Bembo, a classic book typeface from fifteenth century Venice. Oldstyle typefaces are reliable choices for book design.

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design Tagged With: beautiful book, Bembo, book design, classic book design, fonts, Jenson, oldstyle typefaces, pick a typeface, typography

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

by Joel Friedlander on September 28, 2010 13 Comments

Learning to give different elements of the book page more or less emphasis depends on intelligent use of “negative space” in chapter openers, subheads, leading and other areas of book design.

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, graphic design, negative space, typeface, typographic design, typography

Self-Publishing Case Study: Personal Memoir

by Joel Friedlander on September 22, 2010 19 Comments

Self-Publishing Case Study: Personal Memoir The Andrew Street Mob by Brian Marais, a great example of personal self-publishing. Designed for the purposes of the author, it presents a useful model.

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production, Interior Design, Project Focus, Samples, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Brian Marais, Marais Media International, memoir, personal memoir, self publishing, The Andrew Street Mob

The Big Book of Font Combinations by Douglas Bonneville

by Joel Friedlander on September 20, 2010

The Big Book of Font Combinations by Douglas Bonneville is a unique resource to understand how typefaces work together to create different effects. It’s a source of inspiration and ideas for designers and typographers.

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Reviews, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, Douglas Bonneville, fonts, self publishing, The Big Book of Type Combinations, typefaces, typography

Book Design with Microsoft Word: The Art of Moriah Jovan

by Joel Friedlander on September 14, 2010 31 Comments

Book Design with Microsoft Word: The Art of Moriah Jovan and the possibilities in a word processor to create great-looking books. Complex typography, graphics, use of white space and multi-column layouts are all possible.

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Adobe InDesign, book design, Elizabeth Beeton, Microsoft Word, Moriah Jovan, On The Mount, self publishing, Stay, The FOB Bible

3 Keys to Beautiful Book Pages

by Joel Friedlander on September 7, 2010 10 Comments

3 Keys to Setting Up Successful Book Pages for self-publishers. Defining the typeface, line length and leading help determine the overall look of the book. Make sure to get these elements right.

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design Tagged With: book design, book fonts, self publishing, typography

8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign

by Joel Friedlander on September 2, 2010 18 Comments

8 Drop Caps For Chapter Openings in Adobe InDesign with variations you can use in your own books to lend a decorative air to the beginning of your chapters. Drops, stand-ups, hanging indents, artwork, there are lots of variations to use.

Filed Under: Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Adobe InDesign, book design, book typography, drop caps, self publishing

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