The Skilled Workman http://www.bergsland.org Teaching & commentary of an experienced disciple of Jesus in typography & publishing Wed, 16 May 2012 13:20:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Space, space and a half, double-space Horrors! http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/space-space-and-a-half-double-space-horrors/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/space-space-and-a-half-double-space-horrors/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:20:43 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1981 None of the above! This is why we use leading instead of spacing. Spacing is old typewriter terminology. The three options listed above were the only ones available for typewriters. In almost every case (unless you are trying to mimic a typewriter) a single space is too

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/space-space-and-a-half-double-space-horrors/feed/ 0 It’s all about love. Agape Love Galatians 5: 13 & 14 http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/its-all-about-love-agape-love-galatians-5-13-14/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/its-all-about-love-agape-love-galatians-5-13-14/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:33:27 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1978 My dear family, you were called to freedom; however, do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Here we start getting into the area that has caused so much confusion in the church for the past decades, centuries, and millennia. If we are free

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/its-all-about-love-agape-love-galatians-5-13-14/feed/ 0 Link to the InDesign CS5.5 Help PDF http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/link-to-the-indesign-cs5-5-help-pdf/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/link-to-the-indesign-cs5-5-help-pdf/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:06:07 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1975 Anna-Marie gave us this link in Design Geek for the online help PDFs for CS5.5

]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/link-to-the-indesign-cs5-5-help-pdf/feed/ 0 No, No! to double-space and double-returns http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/no-no-to-double-space-and-double-returns/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/no-no-to-double-space-and-double-returns/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:15:57 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1969 What follows is an excerpt from my new release, Writing In InDesign Second Edition.

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Typography determines reader reactions

It goes far beyond your font choices—important as they are. This is the first and most important thing you must understand. You are not only trying to control or at least predict the reaction of your

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/no-no-to-double-space-and-double-returns/feed/ 0 Be careful whom you listen to! Galatians 5:7-9 http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/be-careful-whom-you-listen-to-galatians-57-9/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/be-careful-whom-you-listen-to-galatians-57-9/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:41:55 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1966 You were doing so well until someone talked you out of obeying the truth. This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.

We must always be careful who we listen to. Over the years my wife and I have spent countless hours correcting strange beliefs held by immature Christians.

Note carefully,

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/be-careful-whom-you-listen-to-galatians-57-9/feed/ 0 Column width: the key to comfortable reading http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/column-width-the-key-to-comfortable-reading/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/column-width-the-key-to-comfortable-reading/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:20:20 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1948 Be very careful with your column choices—especially in books. (It’s the main reason blogs and ebooks are so hard to read.) Your focus must be easy, comfortable readability. Generally, the asymmetrical (off-center) layouts with wide margins are good. Of course, you can go crazy and make things totally illegible. Modern style tends to be chaotic, splashy,

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/typography/column-width-the-key-to-comfortable-reading/feed/ 0 Review: Writing In InDesign Second Edition http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/announcements/review-writing-in-indesign-second-edition/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/announcements/review-writing-in-indesign-second-edition/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 04:51:37 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1945 Writing In InDesign Second Edition by David Bergsland My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I wrote it. It is a radical update with 150 more pages, a short course on typography, techniques for creating ePUBs, Kindle books, covers, and graphic within InDesign CS6

There’s a Kindle version also. There’ll be an ePUB version

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/announcements/review-writing-in-indesign-second-edition/feed/ 0 Isaiah 57:1 The world will not notice the rapture! http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/prophecy/isaiah-571-the-world-will-not-notice-the-rapture/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/prophecy/isaiah-571-the-world-will-not-notice-the-rapture/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:37:08 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1937 Most serious believers agree we are entering the time of the end. I certainly do. What concerns me is that no one is telling the truth that we see in Revelation. I’ve studied all that Perry Stone has to say and I agree with most of it. I listen to Jack Van Impe, and most

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/05/discipleship/prophecy/isaiah-571-the-world-will-not-notice-the-rapture/feed/ 0 Symbolism or ceremony? Galatians 5:6 http://www.bergsland.org/2012/04/discipleship/symbolism-or-ceremony-galatians-56/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/04/discipleship/symbolism-or-ceremony-galatians-56/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:20:52 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1935 For in the Messiah it doesn’t matter whether you are circumcised or not. The one thing that counts is faith working through love.

Outward signs do not matter any more. This seems to be the message. However, we need to be careful not to toss the baby with the bath water. Symbols and

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]]> http://www.bergsland.org/2012/04/discipleship/symbolism-or-ceremony-galatians-56/feed/ 0 Margins are more important than many think: Make the margins bigger http://www.bergsland.org/2012/04/typography/margins-are-more-important-than-many-think-make-the-margins-bigger/ http://www.bergsland.org/2012/04/typography/margins-are-more-important-than-many-think-make-the-margins-bigger/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:25:20 +0000 David Bergsland http://www.bergsland.org/?p=1930 Make the margins bigger | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog.

The I Love Typography blog is often over the top. Even as a typographer who has focused his career on type—both font design and page layout (the two parts of typography)— this blog is always fun, often beautiful, but commonly irrelevant to

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