The Skilled Workman http://www.bergsland.org Teaching & commentary of an experienced disciple of Jesus in typography & publishing Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:33:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What is a font? http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/typography/what-is-a-font/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/typography/what-is-a-font/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:28 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1734 A font is a very specific thing. A font is the entire set of characters for a given type style. In the days of letterpress (1460 to 1970), a font was all the characters in a given point size. You had Times 12-point, Times 14-point, Garamond 18-point, and so on. In some old fonts, this

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/mankato-2/another-good-restaurant-in-mankato-tandem-bagels/feed/ 0 Learning to walk in freedom, part 9: Galatians 4:1-7 http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/ministry-resources/bible-study-2/learning-to-walk-in-freedom-9-galatians-4-1-7/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/ministry-resources/bible-study-2/learning-to-walk-in-freedom-9-galatians-4-1-7/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:05:08 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1725 Continue reading Learning to walk in freedom, part 9: Galatians 4:1-7

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/announcements/30-off-any-of-my-lulu-titles-until-21912/feed/ 0 Getting set up to freely create your type http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/typography/getting-set-up-for-type/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/typography/getting-set-up-for-type/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:21:24 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1708 One of the more daunting aspects of book design for the inexperienced is page layout. Most people have Word experience and as I have said countless times already—Word cannot do professional page layout. In fact, it is worse than that because Word’s feeble attempts give you bad habits and poor expectations—which must be corrected.

I’m

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A book design tool for amateurs giving away free books

First of all, I must mention that the process of dialing back from InDesign to less than Pages is

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I was surprised to find that the book was set in the 1850s somewhere in Northern California, as I usually do not like historical novels. By the description I was expecting something modern. I

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/book-design/book-review/book-review-northbound-by-stuart-griffin/feed/ 0 Mankato: Pho Siagon is really good http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/mankato-2/mankato-pho-siagon-is-really-good/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/mankato-2/mankato-pho-siagon-is-really-good/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:33:55 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1652 Pat & I went to Pho Saigon this weekend. The food was very good. It’s fairly standard Asian food.

But mainly, a real joy in Mankato, the service was excellent, the interior design was well done, it was visually, emotionally, and spiritually relaxing. The prices are very reasonable.

Haven’t had a restaurant experience like this

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/mankato-2/mankato-pho-siagon-is-really-good/feed/ 0 Learning to walk in freedom, Part 8: Galations 3: 19b-29 http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/discipleship/learning-to-walk-in-freedom-part-8-galations-3-19b-29/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/discipleship/learning-to-walk-in-freedom-part-8-galations-3-19b-29/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:52:07 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1649 This week we talk a bit about the bondage of the law and why God gave it to us. HINT: It was not to bring about a “good” or “perfect” society. It certainly was not to bring life or any of the fruit of the Spirit. ____________________________________

Galatians 3:19b–20

The law was given through angels

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/discipleship/learning-to-walk-in-freedom-part-8-galations-3-19b-29/feed/ 0 Typography for ministry: The reality of picking fonts http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/typography/typography-for-ministry-the-reality-of-picking-fonts/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/02/typography/typography-for-ministry-the-reality-of-picking-fonts/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:29 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1636 Again, we need some more basic language definitions. Without it, I can not help you in your ministry.

You can see above how the point size of the type relates to the ascender, cap height, x-height, baseline, and descender. More importantly, you get a glimpse of things that are important

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