Tuesday, September 18, 2012

To typeface or not to typeface

Typeface: Adobe Garamond Pro/Sabon(lareger size)
Size: 12 as of now/ 12.5?
Justification/Ranged left: Justify(?)
Word spacing:
Leading:

TEXT PANEL:
Measure:
no of lines/page:
Symmetrical/asymmetrical position: Symmetrical - familiar - easy to read
Margins: (clockwise) 23-17-23-15


Extent: 221
Binding: Perfect?
Running heads/folios/footnotes: Footnotes, no running heads, Size - half page horizontal

Size:           1/2 Page Horizontal
Trim:215mm x 144mm
Bleed:221mm x 150mm
Type:197mm x 135mm






With justified text, 'windowing' is too much letter spacing

(Have a section on measure to be taken if org asks to reduce price of book)


"Oh, and serifs are the things that make fonts easier to read; without them, especially in long documents, our eyes have a tendency to blend the letters together."


http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/finetypography/ht/headline_fonts.htm