I was drawn to the round easy feel to the font, and how easy it was to read. The old posters and signs in the traditional Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires inspired Julieta Ulanovsky to design this typeface and rescue the beauty of urban typography that emerged in the first half of the twentieth century. (You do have the option to download new fonts into this software, but they have a good supply already available). When I started designing my paperback, I chose the Monserrat font because of the ten different variations available to choose from in iStudio Publisher, the software I use for internal and cover design. There is so much you can do with just one font. But when it comes to internal and cover design – less is more. With so many fonts available it’s too easy to get distracted by the beauty and novelty of a newly discovered font.

Choosing a font for your paperbackĪ rookie mistake is to use too many fonts, that conflict with primary fonts used for your core content. I’ve designed other nonfiction book interiors, and I love the process of road-testing specific page elements to help balance the content. Tiny tweaks can dramatically change the look and feel of a book, and the right design choices can help your readers navigate your content. Page layout design decisions can become all consuming.

This will be the first time I’ve released this travel guide as a paperback, and so there is a lot of work to be done to finalize the internal layout and design, over and above the actual content. I plan to bring an updated version out in time for the 2019 tourist season, which means I need to be able to hit the ground running when all the content has been reviewed and updated. I’m in the process of refreshing the 2016 content on my Bodrum Peninsula Travel Guide. If you’re on the fence about which approach is right for you, I thought I’d share my formatting book diary to show you what’s involved when you start designing your own book interior. You can design it yourself or outsource to a freelancer. In my How to Write and Self-Publish a travel guide book #3 I’ve written extensively about the different options open to indie authors to format the interior of their book.

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