Font Design & Typography On-Demand

This is a collection of tips, explanations, DIY how-tos, and editorials concerning font design, typography, Typography on the Web, and clear communication with type. It also presents my present passion of on-demand publishing & writing in InDesign. The tools of choice are InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fontographer, and FontLab. The experience of the author began in 1967.

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Book Typography

These are the links to postings on the general topic of typography for book design.

  • Book Typography Part 0: The new publisher
  • Book Typography Part 1: The language of type 
  • Book Typography Part 2 Picking Fonts 
  • Book Typography Part 3: What makes good fonts for a book 
  • Book Typography Part 4: Readability
  • Book Typography Part 5: What is a humanist sans, really?
  • Book Typography Part 6: The reality of picking fonts
  • Book Typography Part 7: The basic attitude necessary
  • What is a font? Part 1
Earlier posts

  • Font design is a very portion of typography
  • Most typographers don't get it!
  • What is a book font family?
  • A man in love with a font
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      • Books vs. ereaders: a comparison
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I've been doing this for forty years now. I'm a typographer and page layout specialist writing about my specialty page layout and book design using InDesign. I also design fonts. I blog about these things at Font Design & Typography On-Demand. Let me know if you'd like to do a guest posting.

I have also been a believer and follower of the Lord Jesus since 1974 and have taught scripture for many years. I also write about that and share my experiences as a creative in the Kingdom on The Skilled Workman, my ministry blog. I invite your comments and participation there as well.

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