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New InDesign update arrives with nice feature upgrades

Posted on March 16, 2018 by David BergslandMarch 22, 2018

The new InDesign update arrives with more than just a bunch of fixes. It gives us new controls for shading and borders in consecutive paragraphs. You can now export a document as individual page PDFs. There are several other things … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, Recent Posts | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, epub, graphic design, InDesign, page layout, Typography

Boxy FontSpring introductory offer is really cheap

Posted on January 15, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 15, 2018

The Boxy FontSpring introductory offer is really cheap. As my new font family, Boxy, rolls out there is a wonderful intro offer on Fontspring. It currently available at MyFonts, FontSpring, Creative market, and here on this site. As many of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Font Design, Fonts for sale, Hackberry Fonts, New Font Release, Recent Posts | Tagged font, font design, FontLab, OpenType

Kindle image size rules change again

Posted on January 15, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 15, 2018

Again, Kindle image size rules change. Not a whole lot, but the new outrageous Kindle image sizes become more understandable. I was reading a Kindle formatting guide, from Amazon, the other day which said full-width images needed to be 3000 pixels … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Kindle book design, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, graphics, kindle, page layout

Old Hermann Zapf film from 1967

Posted on January 13, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 14, 2018

Today I ran across this Old Hermann Zapf film [look at the end of the post]. It’s an old film, 1967. But, it starts out with Hermann freehanding large caps with chalk on a chalkboard. It’s breathtaking. The letters look … Continue reading →

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Posted in Font Design, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged calligraphy, chalk calligraphy, Design Issues, font design, graphic design, Typography

Powerful book design font groups are rare

Posted on December 23, 2017 by David BergslandDecember 23, 2017

For the holidays, I set up a 64% Off sale for one of my powerful book design font groups on MyFonts. This includes the font families of Librum, Librum E, Librum Sans, Bookish, Bream, and Bulkr. So, instead of the normal $25 a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, Fonts for sale, Hackberry Fonts, Recent Posts, Sales | Tagged Book Design, font design, holiday sale, OpenType, professional, publishing, Typography

Some new year self-publishing trends for 2018

Posted on December 11, 2017 by David BergslandDecember 11, 2017

Sarah, from Marketing Christian Books, has shared some new year self-publishing trends for 2018. There are five things to mull over and I think she’s right. Independent publishing will continue to grow. But this is a mixed blessing. The number of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Production, Marketing, News, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, professional, publishing, Self-publishing

2018 ebook conversion guide using InDesign CC

Posted on November 28, 2017 by David BergslandNovember 28, 2017

I thought a good way to start the new year would be a 2018 ebook conversion guide. Things changed quite a bit in 2017. Plus, CC 2018 added some handy new features. Remember, I have a seemingly unusual attitude. I believe … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Design, Book Production, ePUB, Kindle book design, News, Recent Posts | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Amazon Kindle, Book Design, Design Issues, E-book, epub, graphic design, iBooks, kindle, Kobo, nook, OpenType, page layout, professional, publishing, Self-publishing

The ebook future grows complex

Posted on November 17, 2017 by David BergslandNovember 17, 2017

The ebook future grows complex — more confusing as far as I can tell. Right now in my work, ebook design is being largely constrained by the limits of Kindle. I’ve mentioned this several times. Increasingly Apple ebooks are becoming … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, ePUB3, Kindle book design | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, challenges, Design Issues, E-book, ebook, ebook production, professional, publishing, Self-publishing

The stupid Kindle argument continues unnecessarily

Posted on November 10, 2017 by David BergslandNovember 10, 2017

I’ve been fighting the stupid Kindle argument more and more lately. Kindle remains stupid, as far as formatting is concerned. Kindle’s immense list of things which cannot be done remains. Worse yet, they continue to strip out a lot of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, ePUB, Kindle book design, Readability, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, challenges, E-book, epub, graphic design, HTML, InDesign, professional, publishing, Readability, Typography

InDesign CC 2018 adds borders to shading

Posted on October 19, 2017 by David BergslandOctober 10, 2017

I’ve waited a long time to write this: InDesign CC 2018 adds borders to shading! This is one I’ve been pushing for over the past decade or so. I was excited when they added paragraph shading. I never could understand why the … Continue reading →

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