by Joel Friedlander | Feb 1, 2012 | Book Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing
Book typography can get a bit complex at times, although good book pages usually end up looking quite simple to the reader. One common task you encounter as a self-publisher is selecting typefaces, whether you’re designing your own book or using an author...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 22, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Typefaces have always exerted a powerful force on my imagination. I grew up with huge, heavy American Type Foundry type sample books in our living room, and would spend hours looking at the designs. When I started to study typography and book design, I was fascinated...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 29, 2010 | Book Design, Interior Design
(Ed: This post is part of a longer article that originally appeared last year on Self-Publishing Review) Book designers are typographers by necessity, if not by nature. Content may be king, but content is almost always text. Text must be displayed for a reader, either...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 31, 2009 | Social Media, Writing
It’s been an eventful year for publishing, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of the same in 2010. Since I started blogging this fall nothing has impressed me more than the people I’ve met through blogs, social media, and in the publishing...