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Book Design Basics: Choosing a Book FontBook Design Basics: Choosing a Book Font

Book Design Basics: Choosing a Book Font

Selecting a book font seems simple enough, but important subtleties and fine points of typography are not obvious to the…

11 months ago
Book Design Basics: Small Capitals – Avoiding Capital OffensesBook Design Basics: Small Capitals – Avoiding Capital Offenses

Book Design Basics: Small Capitals – Avoiding Capital Offenses

Use of Small Capitals—uppercase characters designed at lowercase scale—is one aspect of writing and book design that isn’t taught in…

11 months ago
Book Design Basics Part 3: Running The NumbersBook Design Basics Part 3: Running The Numbers

Book Design Basics Part 3: Running The Numbers

Part 3 of Book Design Basics explores better ways to present numbers on your pages. Numbers (called figures) look simple…

11 months ago