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Typesetting

User design can help with typesetting, using software such as Adobe
InDesign or QuarkXPress:

  • Clean stylesheet setup and naming.
  • Format to composition specification.
  • Kerning and custom internal font kerning.
  • Kerning of punctuation marks.
  • Mathematical equations.
  • Multilingual texts (Cyrillic, Greek, etc).
  • Superscripts/subscripts.
  • Typeface selection advice.
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Typesetting example 1

Client
Title
Book type
Input
PDF example
Description

 

Project Gutenberg.
Political and Literary Essays 1908–1913 by the Earl of Cromer.
Academic.
Book cover design, book design and typesetting.
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1 column layout with captions in English and Greek. Page size:
160 × 225mm. Pages: 216. Paper: Think Warm, 100gm, 50% recycled.

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Typesetting example 2

Client
Title
Book type
Input
PDF example
Description

 

BioMed Central.
BMC Medical Imaging, Volume 5.
Medical, scientific.
Book cover design, textbook design and typesetting.
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1 column layout based on 9 × 9 grid, superiors/references, Greek/
mathematical/scientific symbols, tables and illustrations. Pages:
184. Page size: A4: 210 × 297mm. Paper: Croxley Heritage Wove,
Ivory, 120gm, 75% recycled.

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Typesetting example 3

Client
Title




Book type
Input

PDF example
Description

 

University project.
Booklet 1: Number skills.
Booklet 2: Calculator skills.
Booklet 3: Number patterns.
Booklet 4: Shape and symmetry.
Booklet 5: Perimeter, area and volume.
Series of 5 GCSE mathematical workbooks.
Series book cover design, textbook design, technical and freehand
illustration, and typesetting.
View.
1 column layout, mathematical symbols. Page size: A5: 210 × 148.5
mm. Pages: average 30. Paper: Think Warm, 100gm, 50% recycled.

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