This is the sixth of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. We have talked extensively about typographical details such as true small caps...

This is the fifth of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. In our last installment we talked about the importance of using true small cap...

This is the fourth of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. If I were to ask you what laser or radar stands for, you might be surprised t...

So after carefully following the instructions in this post as to how to name the images so that they are imported correctly, the images will be imported at f...

This is the second of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. There probably isn’t anything quite as explosive in polite conversation as sa...

This is the first of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. When I started typesetting professionally, it was in the days of DOS, Gem and ...

This is the third of a 10-part series of the Ten Keys to Seamless Typesetting. Kerning is a necessary part of the typesetting process. Whereas in the past co...

So there was a recent post on InDesign Secrets on how to find Ḥanuka in a document since it is spelt in so many different ways. One of the challenges of type...

When the manuscript is complete and there are no more corrections, the next stage is the final one of “balancing” the book. This is the process whereby the r...

History It’s worth taking a step back to see how the process worked not that long ago. You would have typed up your manuscript on a typewriter. The typesette...

Here is our list of the most common typesetting no nos and misconceptions, what they are, and how to avoid or fix them. Quotation marks Despite the fact that...

This article will examine the differences between “typesetting” and “formatting” of a book. You might argue that there isn’t actually any real difference and...

I was trying to come up with a clever name for the title, but failed. When designing a trade book, for example a novel, the very first thing that needs to be...

In a previous article, The Anatomy of a Book, I discussed the various elements that exist in a book. Essentially the prelims, the body of the book and the en...

There is much to be said on the optimal margins for a page in a book, but once you have determined what your margins are, setting them in InDesign is not so ...

When I started my own typesetting firm 15 years ago it was in my bedroom of a small apartment that I shared with a friend. I had a Pentium III and a 15" moni...

One of the more challenging tasks in multi-story layout is the handling of the horizontal rules, ornamental lines and commentary headings in InDesign. In the...

Many people ask me how to best get a manuscript ready for typesetting. For example, can they send it as it’s ready? Does it need to be one file? What softwar...

There has been a lot of talk about the inauguration of the new President, specifically about the number of people there. Personally, I think this is just a d...

When telling a story, the traditional view is to start at the beginning and finish at the end. Most authors, and indeed readers, are familiar with this conce...