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April 5th, 2013 If you have 40 years in printing as I do, this video is a real joy. If you are a new self publisher, it will give you a much better feel for printing.
http://vimeo.com/62635922
Here’s a glimpse of traditional printing, before on-demand printing
But actually, this is close to on-demand letterpress. This will
Continue reading If you want a true glimpse of printing: current letterpress printing here’s a video
April 3rd, 2013 I found this link in an article on CreativePro this morning.
International Association of Master Penmen • Engrossers • Teachers of Handwriting
This organization [IAMPETH] began as a group where penmen could get together and share techniques and ideas not just about doing fine penmanship, but teaching the art as well. In this day of computerized type, hand pen work is
Continue reading Great free resource for old books on calligraphy & penmanship
April 2nd, 2013 Make your book professional
Self Publisher Book Typography & Font Only $49.99
For self publishers the conversion from Word to InDesign is a huge leap. The goal is a professional look to their book designs, but immediately the problems of typography raise their head. In Word that is not so much of an issue because
Continue reading The Book designer’s Book Typography and Fonts package
March 30th, 2013
This is the first portion of the new Practical Professional Self Publishing Handbook due out before summer this year.
InDesign is the true replacement for FreeHand
Many designers are still upset that Adobe took FreeHand off the market. We remain convinced that FreeHand was a far superior vector drawing program to Illustrator. Actually, I bring good
Continue reading Graphics In InDesign: an excerpt from “Practical Professional Self Publishing Handbook”
February 28th, 2013 Now I admit, I’m going on the words of others. I personally bailed on the Nook app and B&N a while ago. I am saddened by the troubles of the local B&N—it’s the only bookstore in town.
I was hoping for viable competition to Amazon, but it is just not there. As they are stuck in
Continue reading Nook dying? B&N could go DRM-free and hook up with the iPad
February 19th, 2013 Tonight to celebrate our 37th, Pat and I went and had some of best ice cream we’ve ever eaten. The new Mom & Pops ice cream parlor on North Riverfront brings to mind a new clean, modern version of Baskin Robbins owned by locals with better ice cream. As Minnesotans, we spit in ol’Man Winter’s eye
Continue reading The crusade against sloppy ice cream melting all over your hand
January 30th, 2013 As I have become more social online, the prevailing grief for me is listening to all the new authors whose main problem is that they are using Word. Whether it’s one of my Facebook groups like Christian Indie Authors or Indie Christian Authors, a Google+ community like Christian Authors, or the authors who tweet, the
Continue reading The sadness of Word & how it’s damaging self publishing
January 10th, 2013 This is my dilemma. I write and my heart is focused on helping my brothers and sisters in the Lord, but what does Jesus want me to do? It’s been interesting as I have become much more involved socially online. Forums like christianwriters.com have been a joy—as is the interaction with several groups on Linked-In
Continue reading How can I be useful to the Body of the Messiah in 2013?
January 5th, 2013 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
January 5th, 2013 This is the first major confusion in typography. Many believe that typography is font choices. They spend a huge amount of time on which fonts to choose, how fonts developed historically, and the reader reactions to these fonts.
This indeed is a good portion of typography, but this pursuit misses the entire point. The point
Continue reading Typography does not start with font design
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