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Biblia, Biblia Serif, new book production fonts

Skilled Workman Posted on February 16, 2017 by David BergslandFebruary 16, 2017

Today I’m pleased to announce that Hackberry Font Foundry has released Biblia, Biblia Serif, new book production fonts for my friends. This is specifically designed for my cohorts, writers and publishers of Christian fiction and non-fiction. That’s why they are named Biblia. I’m working on a companion sans named Draetha, which is Welsh for preach. These fonts have a long history. In the early nineties, I fell in love with the look of a font named Minister. I … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, Font Design, Fonts for sale, Hackberry Fonts, New Font Release, Readability, Recent Posts, Typography | Tagged Book Design, book production, book production fonts, font design, FontLab, fontlab 5, new releases, OpenType, Typography | Leave a reply

How tradepub book printing worked: the new paradigm is amazing

Skilled Workman Posted on April 12, 2016 by David BergslandApril 12, 2016

We tend to forget how much things have changed. This movie shows us how book printing worked until recently. The technology is letterpress. This was still the process until near the end of the 20th century, even into the 21st century a bit. Thanks to Gary McLaren for finding it and sharing it. It’s still what the workflow looks like in tradepub, and one of the reasons they want to take such a huge hunk of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, Recent Posts | Tagged book production, letterpress, Linotype, tradepub, traditional publishing | 1 Reply

Returning to InDesign CC (2014)

Skilled Workman Posted on August 3, 2015 by David BergslandAugust 3, 2015

Some of you have wondered why there’s been no update to CC (2015) in the book. Basically nothing was changed, I thought. So, I found no reason to update though I was using the new version for my production. It works very well. However, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to temporarily go back to (2014) for InDesign. I’ve been working a very limited schedule lately due to other things I need to get done. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book Production, ePUB3, News, Recent Posts, Self-publishing | Tagged Adobe InDesign, Book Design, book production, challenges, ebook production, epub, InDesign, reality, Self-publishing | Leave a reply

Are you an author, for real?

Skilled Workman Posted on May 1, 2015 by David BergslandMay 1, 2015

I just read an excellent article in CreativePro called Are you a creative professional or a hobbyist?  The article is talking about graphic designers, but it equally speaks to authors and writers. The dividing line is the tools you use Every day I see questions on FaceBook, Google+, and the author groups and forums in which I participate. They are all basically the same. How can I do this or that without bothering to learn how? It’s usually written with … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Recent Posts | Tagged author, Book Design, book production, Google Docs, graphic tools, Office suite, page layout, professional, Word processor, word processors, writer | Leave a reply

Graphics In InDesign: an excerpt from “Practical Professional Self Publishing Handbook”

Skilled Workman Posted on March 30, 2013 by David BergslandMarch 30, 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 news. InDesign is actually more closely related to FreeHand than it is to Illustrator. Ole Kvern and I have commented on this many … Continue reading →

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Posted in Author Writing, Book Design, Book Production, Kindle book design, Recent Posts, Self-publishing, Typography, Writing In InDesign | Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Systems, Amazon Kindle, book production, graphics, InDesign, pdf, Portable Document Format, vector graphics | 1 Reply

Access the stuff in docx

Skilled Workman Posted on December 20, 2012 by David BergslandDecember 20, 2012

I found this interesting. Bob Levine pointed out in InDesign Magazine that Word’s DOCX file format is a glorified ZIP file. “Change the extension to ZIP, unzip it, and you’ll find all of the document’s original assets, including the images as individual files in a folder. More importantly, InDesign can access the original high-resolution images when you place a DOCX file, even if they’re CMYK. The older DOC format converts all images to RGB PNG files.” http://www.indesignmag.com/Content.asp/id/tipoftheweek-2012

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