by Joel Friedlander | Jun 2, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Is there anything more mundane than a piece of paper? Really, paper is one of the more forgettable parts of daily life, and as book producers, paper is often an afterthought for self-publishers. Part of the reason for this is that most self-publishers these days are...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 12, 2010 | Book Design, Self-Publishing
On Monday mornings I look over the book design projects I’m working on to get a sense for how the week will shape up. This is a persistent form of optimism I can’t seem to shake. The week never works out the way I think it will, but I keep doing this just...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 20, 2010 | Book Design, Book Reviews, Book Typography, Interior Design
I wrote an article about six months ago about three typeface combinations I really liked. It was in the comments to that post that I met Douglas Bonneville, a designer and typographer who is the proprietor of the BonFX Graphic Design studio near Providence, Rhode...
