There is a distinct feeling that a page doesn’t quite work without even reading a word. The words may be easy to understand, the typeface may work well, the chapter name may be centered, and…
Take a single paragraph from the manuscript and drop it onto a book page. Don’t try to make it nice yet; just set your body typeface, set your trim size, give your page reasonable margins.…
A chapter opener has a specific purpose: it needs to inform the reader a new chapter has started, without making the page difficult to access. While a big title, an ornament, a drop cap, a…
A body font is a quiet worker. It might not be the first thing a reader notices when glancing over a book page, yet it dominates a large portion of the reading experience. If the…