![]() ![]() Bending a program to try and fit your needs is harder than using a program built for typesetting. While they may be able to handle some basics such as kerning, margins, and fonts, they are frustrating to use. However, word processing programs are not built for typesetting. It may be easy to try and make a program like Word work for you- you already own it and are familiar with it. Which leads me to… Don’t choose the wrong software. These programs can handle simple design tasks, but when it comes to the nitty gritty, they can’t handle a book interior. After all, you have probably used word processors like Google Docs or Microsoft Word before. Typesetting on the surface sounds like it would be easy. Here are some simple dos and don’ts of this book design fundamental: Don’t think it’s a simple job. When self-publishing, you will eventually have to deal with typesetting. The last thing you’d want is for a reader to stop paying attention to your carefully crafted work because the spacing between lines is uneven! ![]() Bad typesetting can completely ruin the reader’s experience and interrupt the flow of the book. Typesetting is the process of properly setting the text on to the page of a publication. If you haven’t thought about those things, that means that the person behind the book did a good job typesetting. Have you ever thought about the interior of a book? How the pages are laid out, the margins set up, or the style of the chapter headings? If you’re a reader, these are probably the things you regularly pay attention to as well. If you’re an author, you’ve probably given a lot of thought to a few key things about your book such as the jacket, the title and the content. There’s a lot of thought that goes into self-publishing. ![]()
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