![]() ![]() Supposedly, serifs lead the eye from one letter to the next, making the reading experience easier and less tiring - although there isn’t actually much scientific evidence in favor of this. To serif or not to serif?Īlthough you may not know the serif by name, you’ll definitely have noticed these little lines or strokes coming off the end of letters in certain fonts like Times New Roman (and the modified Times font that we use here on the Reedsy blog!). Though you obviously want your font to look nice on the page, it also needs to do its job and be easily readable so that readers can immerse themselves in your words without getting distracted or having to decipher what things say. It may be the most gorgeous thing to look at, but if it’s uncomfortable to sit on, then what use is it really? The same goes for fonts. Having said that, there are a few things that any discerning book designer will want to keep in mind. With the exception of a few universally reviled typefaces - cough cough, Comic Sans - almost any legible font can be considered. How to choose a book fontĬhoosing the 'right' font to use for a book's body matter often comes down to individual taste. However, for convenience’s sake, we’re going to be using the term ‘font’ to refer to both the overall styles of type and their variations. ‘Fonts’, on the other hand, are size, weight and style variations on typefaces, like 12 pt Times New Roman bold and 14 pt Arial italic. True typography experts will be quick to point out how the term ‘font’ is commonly misused in everyday, non-technical conversation.įor typographers, ‘typefaces’ are different lettering designs, like Times New Roman and Arial. On a Mac you'll find this under BookWright > Preferences.Before we get started, let’s clear up a terminological detail. For Windows computers this can be found under Help > Preferences. The soft proofing function can be enabled through Preferences. As BookWright allows you to work with RGB images, but will ultimately print in CMYK, it's a good idea to have this function turned on to see how your project will look in print. ![]() You’ll find these functions in the Photo Editing Tools pop-up which appears when you have a photo container selected, or in the Text Editing Tools pop-up, which appears when you have a text container selected.Ĭheck out this FAQ to see which fonts are licensed for use on the web.īookWright is installed with the color profile used for our print production, which means that you’ll see your images on screen in the closest approximation we can offer to what you’ll see in print, assuming your monitor has been recently calibrated for color accuracy. You can also use these functions to overlap images and text, or two text containers. If you’re overlapping images, you can use the Forward and Backward functions to decide which image will appear on top. If you need to unlink the two text containers, click on the unlink function, in the top left corner of each text container. ![]() ![]() Your text will now automatically flow from the first container into the second. Then click into a second container to link them. While working within a text container, find and click Text Flow below the text container. Link and flow text from one container to another You can also design distinct covers for each cover type, from scratch.ģ. After you’ve finished one cover design, you can right-click on the cover’s preview and use the Replicate Design on all Covers function to replicate that design for the other cover types. Since each of our cover types have slight variations in terms of trim and size, BookWright allows you to customize your cover design for each type. Customize your cover design for different cover types You will then be able to drag and drop your custom layout from the thumbnail strip of layouts, onto whichever page you’d like to apply that layout to.Ģ. If you’ve created a layout that you’re likely to use on multiple pages, you can use the Save Layout option to save that design. This article covers a number of useful BookWright features to help you design your book. ![]()
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