Why do you want to use Fontographer? For the fun of it When I received the opportunity to go back to my roots, and see what the new Fontographer was like, I was a little concerned. I had just spent nine years painfully teaching myself to letterspace by hand, to write OpenType features, and to become accustomed to the tool set of FontLab. Don't get me wrong, FontLab is a great program and I am grateful for what I have learned. There are still a few features of FontLab that, as a professional font designer, I cannot do without. But I was taken by surprise. Fontographer brought the fun back It...
Why do you want to use Fontographer? For the fun of it When I received the opportunity to go back to my roots, and see what the new Fontographer was ...
How can I make it better the next time? This is the plaintive question I get every time after I have set up, formatted, and uploaded a book for a new author. It is also one of the most common questions I see while socially networking. There are three basic underlying concepts 1. Producing a print version of your book 2. Dealing with the size of your production budget 3. Producing a manuscript which can be easily formatted Let's take the first concept: Many new self-publishing authors believe that they do not need a print version. Most eventually want a printed copy to give to friends, an...
How can I make it better the next time? This is the plaintive question I get every time after I have set up, formatted, and uploaded a book for a new ...
When it comes to book production, InDesign is your best tool for graphic production. Even Photoshop are commonly put in a special graphic container produced in InDesign, exported as a PDF, and then placed into the book. InDesign is the best graphics tool for book production This book, which is an updated excerpt from David's two best sellers "Writing In InDesign" and "Practical, Professional Self-Publishing Handbook," show book designers how to use InDesign effectively and efficiently for the graphic production needed for their book designs. It covers formats needed and ebook...
When it comes to book production, InDesign is your best tool for graphic production. Even Photoshop are commonly put in a special graphic container pr...
Practical Font Design has built a niche for itself among graphic and Web designers who want to build their own fonts: especially with the first book. I learned a lot since I wrote that first book. This radically revised, updated, and expanded third edition combines the first two books. They are rearranged so they make a lot more sense and some brand new material is added. This is a quick introduction showing a workflow to build new fonts using FontLab 5. Fourteen fonts are developed in this book including an 8-font text family and a companion 4-font sans serif for headers. The techniques are...
Practical Font Design has built a niche for itself among graphic and Web designers who want to build their own fonts: especially with the first book. ...
Ebooks have been a mess until now. Actually, they still are in many ways. However, InDesign CC 2014 has truly solved most of the problems. It always did export the best PDFs. Now it exports very good ePUB FXL (fixed layout), reflowable ePUBs, and because Kindle will upload the reflowables converting easily, the Kindle problem is solved also. Wonderful that all our problems are solved, right? Well, you know better than that. Each format requires a redesign to make it work well. But that is never going to change. This book shows you how to make the redesigns efficiently. You never will be able...
Ebooks have been a mess until now. Actually, they still are in many ways. However, InDesign CC 2014 has truly solved most of the problems. It always d...