Category: Typography

Consider these details before formatting your book!

Feb 24, 2025

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Benita J. Thompson

in Fonts, Formatting, Typesetting, Typography

When you start typesetting (a.k.a. formatting) your book, the tiny details that are so easy to overlook are some of the most critical to ensuring a comfortable, pleasant reading experience! Here are some to keep in mind, plus publishing standards or suggestions for each one. Typeface (a.k.a. font) Fiction is typically typeset in a serif…
10 Easy Hacks to Polish Your Book Cover’s Text

Oct 9, 2023

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Benita J. Thompson

in Fonts, Making Your Own Cover, Typography

One of the worst offenders on self-published book covers tends to be the text. I’ve seen a thousand covers with great photomanipulations or artwork, only it’s (to be perfectly frank) totally ruined by the way the text is added.