#bookdesign — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bookdesign, aggregated by home.social.
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Your cover is doing more selling than you are.
Before a reader reads your description, checks your reviews, or looks at your author bio, they see your cover. And they make a decision in under three seconds: click or scroll past.
At Alpaca Authors, every cover is custom designed by professionals who specialize in book covers.
www.alpacaauthors.com
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#BookCoverDesign #CoverDesign #BookDesign #SelfPublishing #AlpacaAuthors #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #AuthorTips #BookMarketing -
Working on a book and website about Allium's (just layout, not my work) - anyone in the fediverse interested in #allium #flora #flowers #bookdesign #photography ?
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Learn how children’s board books are made—from their durable layered pages to why they lay flat. Perfect for authors, illustrators, and publishers who want to understand the craft behind books that last.
Read more: https://zurl.co/r82fI
#BoardBook #ChildrenBooks #BookDesign #PrintingProcess #Publishing #SelfPublishing #BookMaking #QinPrinting
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Thanks to Daniel for posting this beautiful book (published 1550). Look at the mechanical perfection of the spacing/rhythm/colour. #typography #bookdesign
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/post/3mgcaw5kcw22v -
This is the right amount of margin. You may not like it but this is what peak margin looks like. #bookdesign #typography #astronomy #science
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/post/3mgbhxbrb742a -
If I had to choose three references in book design, these would be the only ones.
Maspero, la Fabrique and robert lafont #bookdesign #collection #cover -
I’ve spent a huge amount of time since the start of 2026 working on book design for Shiraki Press, and while I’m immensely proud of these results, it’s also one of the scariest things I’ve ever done! 😨
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My recent post about Luca Pacoli cited Noam Andrews's fascinating book ‘The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century’ [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046640/the-polyhedrists/].
It seems that in 2023 it won a bronze medal from the Stiftung Buchkunst in the category ‘Best Book Design from all over the World’ [https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/best-book-design-from-all-over-the-world/die-praemierten/detail/the-polyhedrists/?view=grid&year=2023].
I can only assume that the judges did not evaluate the design by actually reading the book.
The prize citation says: ‘Type area, typeface and the pictures' warm mood radiate a sense of calm. […] browsing through it is pure joy.’
Reading rather than browsing is a *different* experience. The book has no running heads, either in the main text or in the 20 pages of endnotes.
So, even leaving aside my dislike of endnotes (especially when they mix discursion and citation), if one wants to consult an endnote, without running heads one is *lost*. One has to flip back through the pages of the text to find the chapter title, then flip through the endnotes to find the corresponding heading, and only then can one find the correct note.
(To be clear: none of my complaints here are about Andrews's scholarship or writing, only the book design.)
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My recent post about Luca Pacoli cited Noam Andrews's fascinating book ‘The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century’ [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046640/the-polyhedrists/].
It seems that in 2023 it won a bronze medal from the Stiftung Buchkunst in the category ‘Best Book Design from all over the World’ [https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/best-book-design-from-all-over-the-world/die-praemierten/detail/the-polyhedrists/?view=grid&year=2023].
I can only assume that the judges did not evaluate the design by actually reading the book.
The prize citation says: ‘Type area, typeface and the pictures' warm mood radiate a sense of calm. […] browsing through it is pure joy.’
Reading rather than browsing is a *different* experience. The book has no running heads, either in the main text or in the 20 pages of endnotes.
So, even leaving aside my dislike of endnotes (especially when they mix discursion and citation), if one wants to consult an endnote, without running heads one is *lost*. One has to flip back through the pages of the text to find the chapter title, then flip through the endnotes to find the corresponding heading, and only then can one find the correct note.
(To be clear: none of my complaints here are about Andrews's scholarship or writing, only the book design.)
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My recent post about Luca Pacoli cited Noam Andrews's fascinating book ‘The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century’ [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046640/the-polyhedrists/].
It seems that in 2023 it won a bronze medal from the Stiftung Buchkunst in the category ‘Best Book Design from all over the World’ [https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/best-book-design-from-all-over-the-world/die-praemierten/detail/the-polyhedrists/?view=grid&year=2023].
I can only assume that the judges did not evaluate the design by actually reading the book.
The prize citation says: ‘Type area, typeface and the pictures' warm mood radiate a sense of calm. […] browsing through it is pure joy.’
Reading rather than browsing is a *different* experience. The book has no running heads, either in the main text or in the 20 pages of endnotes.
So, even leaving aside my dislike of endnotes (especially when they mix discursion and citation), if one wants to consult an endnote, without running heads one is *lost*. One has to flip back through the pages of the text to find the chapter title, then flip through the endnotes to find the corresponding heading, and only then can one find the correct note.
(To be clear: none of my complaints here are about Andrews's scholarship or writing, only the book design.)
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Looking at this lovely anonymous design for the 1893 ed. of Rip Van Winkle, with its poppies/sleepiness disrupted by the winds of change blowing among them, and the thistles! Photo: Simon Cooke. https://victorianweb.org/art/design/books/315.html #bookdesign
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Today's reading: short stories by Doris Lessing
#books #reading #DorisLessing #ShortStories #BookCovers #BookDesign
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Today's reading: short stories by Doris Lessing
#books #reading #DorisLessing #ShortStories #BookCovers #BookDesign
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Today's reading: short stories by Doris Lessing
#books #reading #DorisLessing #ShortStories #BookCovers #BookDesign
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Today's reading: short stories by Doris Lessing
#books #reading #DorisLessing #ShortStories #BookCovers #BookDesign
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Today's reading: short stories by Doris Lessing
#books #reading #DorisLessing #ShortStories #BookCovers #BookDesign
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Audio Interview: Design Rules That Make or Break a Book with Matty Dalrymple and Sam Pearce
In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Matty Dalrymple talks with publishing strategist and book designer Sam Pearce about the invisible design rules that shape a reader’s experience. They explore how readability, typography,…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-design-rules/#Podcast #bookdesign #genreconventions #interiorlayout #publishingstrategy
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Audio Interview: Design Rules That Make or Break a Book with Matty Dalrymple and Sam Pearce
In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Matty Dalrymple talks with publishing strategist and book designer Sam Pearce about the invisible design rules that shape a reader’s experience. They explore how readability, typography,…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-design-rules/#Podcast #bookdesign #genreconventions #interiorlayout #publishingstrategy
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Audio Interview: Design Rules That Make or Break a Book with Matty Dalrymple and Sam Pearce
In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Matty Dalrymple talks with publishing strategist and book designer Sam Pearce about the invisible design rules that shape a reader’s experience. They explore how readability, typography,…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-design-rules/#Podcast #bookdesign #genreconventions #interiorlayout #publishingstrategy
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Audio Interview: Design Rules That Make or Break a Book with Matty Dalrymple and Sam Pearce
In this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast, Matty Dalrymple talks with publishing strategist and book designer Sam Pearce about the invisible design rules that shape a reader’s experience. They explore how readability, typography,…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-design-rules/#Podcast #bookdesign #genreconventions #interiorlayout #publishingstrategy
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#mutanten #horror #monster #dystopie #apokalypse #weltuntergang #moeteratos #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #coverart #coverartwork #titelbild #bookstagram #bücher #lesen #lesetipp #buchtipp #büchertipp #ebookdeal #kindledeal #ebooksbilliger #ebooksfür99cent
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MEIN WELTUNTERGANG mit meinen Covern für 3mal 99 Cent im apokalyptischen Sonderangebot 😈 !
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#mutanten #horror #monster #dystopie #apokalypse #weltuntergang #moeteratos #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #coverart #coverartwork #titelbild #bookstagram #bücher #lesen #lesetipp #buchtipp #büchertipp #ebookdeal #kindledeal #ebooksbilliger #ebooksfür99cent
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MEIN WELTUNTERGANG mit meinen Covern für 3mal 99 Cent im apokalyptischen Sonderangebot 😈 !
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#mutanten #horror #monster #dystopie #apokalypse #weltuntergang #moeteratos #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #coverart #coverartwork #titelbild #bookstagram #bücher #lesen #lesetipp #buchtipp #büchertipp #ebookdeal #kindledeal #ebooksbilliger #ebooksfür99cent
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MEIN WELTUNTERGANG mit meinen Covern für 3mal 99 Cent im apokalyptischen Sonderangebot 😈 !
https://timokuemmel.wordpress.com/
#mutanten #horror #monster #dystopie #apokalypse #weltuntergang #moeteratos #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #coverart #coverartwork #titelbild #bookstagram #bücher #lesen #lesetipp #buchtipp #büchertipp #ebookdeal #kindledeal #ebooksbilliger #ebooksfür99cent
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Staff pick:
“Readings of the Archive” is a book about Argentinian architect Amancio Williams (1913–1989) published by the Canadian Centre for #Architecture in partnership with Spector Books. Design studio Our Polite Society used two of their own typefaces: the monospaced OPS Favorite and the newly released OPS And Ever, a proportional update and continuation of the latter. Its Ultra weight that’s used on the cover is still unreleased.
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#typography Univers Condensed #bookdesign #design
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Final few hours of the @kickstarter.com for my photobook Redd. Thanks to everyone who supported and shared! #redd #photobook #analogphotography #documentaryphotography #filmcommunity #ireland #bookdesign #independentpublishing #projectswelove #Kickstarter #photobook #analogphotography #filmphotography #TriX #duotone #flextight #printedmatter #ReddBook #documentaryphotography #irishphotography #waterways #artphotobook #communitysupportedart Preorder here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaelicfields/redd-by-paul-carroll
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Final few hours of the @kickstarter.com for my photobook Redd. Thanks to everyone who supported and shared! #redd #photobook #analogphotography #documentaryphotography #filmcommunity #ireland #bookdesign #independentpublishing #projectswelove #Kickstarter #photobook #analogphotography #filmphotography #TriX #duotone #flextight #printedmatter #ReddBook #documentaryphotography #irishphotography #waterways #artphotobook #communitysupportedart Preorder here www.kickstarter.com/projects/gae...
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Understanding IngramSpark Title Processing
What happens if your book gets stuck in IngramSpark's title processing? In this article, we'll review file specifications and common file errors that will delay the process.
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Understanding IngramSpark Title Processing
What happens if your book gets stuck in IngramSpark's title processing? In this article, we'll review file specifications and common file errors that will delay the process.
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@appassionato Gorgeous cover!
Including #IconicFishes ...
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Büchergewinne, meine Cover und KI beim Vincent Preis …
Zum Beitrag auf meiner Page:
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#vincentpreis #phantastik #horror #vincentvoss #lotharnietsch #moeteratos #michaelpeinkofer #timokuemmel #timokümmel #fantasticart #fantasticartwork #coverart #bookstagram #bookcover #titelbild #bookdesign #EuAiAct #bookstagramgermany #germanbookstagram #bookstagramdeutschland #gewinn #buchgewinn #verlosung #gewinnspiel
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Büchergewinne, meine Cover und KI beim Vincent Preis …
Zum Beitrag auf meiner Page:
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#vincentpreis #phantastik #horror #vincentvoss #lotharnietsch #moeteratos #michaelpeinkofer #timokuemmel #timokümmel #fantasticart #fantasticartwork #coverart #bookstagram #bookcover #titelbild #bookdesign #EuAiAct #bookstagramgermany #germanbookstagram #bookstagramdeutschland #gewinn #buchgewinn #verlosung #gewinnspiel
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Büchergewinne, meine Cover und KI beim Vincent Preis …
Zum Beitrag auf meiner Page:
https://timokuemmel.wordpress.com/
#vincentpreis #phantastik #horror #vincentvoss #lotharnietsch #moeteratos #michaelpeinkofer #timokuemmel #timokümmel #fantasticart #fantasticartwork #coverart #bookstagram #bookcover #titelbild #bookdesign #EuAiAct #bookstagramgermany #germanbookstagram #bookstagramdeutschland #gewinn #buchgewinn #verlosung #gewinnspiel
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Büchergewinne, meine Cover und KI beim Vincent Preis …
Zum Beitrag auf meiner Page:
https://timokuemmel.wordpress.com/
#vincentpreis #phantastik #horror #vincentvoss #lotharnietsch #moeteratos #michaelpeinkofer #timokuemmel #timokümmel #fantasticart #fantasticartwork #coverart #bookstagram #bookcover #titelbild #bookdesign #EuAiAct #bookstagramgermany #germanbookstagram #bookstagramdeutschland #gewinn #buchgewinn #verlosung #gewinnspiel
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Angel DeCora; binding, title page, and initials; Wigwam Stories; 1901–1909
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we pay tribute to Angel DeCora, the multitalented graphic artist whose lettering filled the pages of books like this one in the early 1900s. More: https://letterformarchive.org/news/angel-decoras-lettering-in-the-indians-book/
The Archive is located on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. Consider a Yunakin land tax: https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #AngelDeCora #Lettering #BookDesign #Typography #HoChunk
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Playing with scrapbook style chapter splash pages. #ttrpg #layout #bookdesign
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Der Oktober ist da, und damit auch frisch gefangen und zappelnd im Netz der neue Roman SEEMANNSGRÄBER von Vincent Voss, zu dem ich wieder das Vergnügen und die Ehre hatte, das Titelbild gestalten zu dürfen 😃 .
https://timokuemmel.wordpress.com/
#vincentvoss #horror #horrorthriller #verlagtorstenlow #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #fantasticartwork #coverart #coverartwork #bookstagram #bücherwurm #mystery #mysterythriller #mysteryhorror #lesetipp #buchtipp
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9 Book Cover Design Styles That Stand the Test of Time
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https://www.ingramspark.com/blog/9-book-cover-design-styles-that-stand-the-test-of-time#BookMarketingandPromotions #BookDesign #ReachingMoreReaders #SelfPublishing #IndependentPublishing
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Wie gestaltet man einen digitalen #Sammelband passend zum Tagungsthema? Beim Stichwort #Fluidität reichten die Ideen von einem Flusskarten-Inhaltsverzeichnis über Kommentarspalten und Hyperlinks bis hin zu Farbverläufen im Layout.
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What happened to the art of book design?
The book I'm currently reading breaks off a sentence on page 33 which resumes on page 38. In between are three pages of photos and one of captions for said photos, none of which are directly connected to the interrupted text. (All pages are of the same glossy paper, so there's no restriction on where the pictures can be put.)
Even more bizarrely, a full page photo on page 16 is captioned on page 22. In between are two separate sections of text and an illustrated interview. The text on page 18 leaves more than enough room for the caption, but for some reason they decided to put it on page 22 instead.
This isn't a cheap amateur-hour production, and it only came out in 2021. What on earth were they thinking?
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OK, since: 1. the topic of Brazzaville Beach came up in a chat; B. I wanted to share that Chip Kidd anecdote about designing the cover; III. unable to find it online, I had to dig out the Print magazine issue and, in photographing cracked the spine — I’m posting it here as well.
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SEEMANNSGRÄBER mit meinem Cover als signiertes Hardcover limitiert auf nur 66 Exemplare!
Alle Infos: www.timokuemmel.wordpress.com
#vincentvoss #horror #horrorthriller #verlagtorstenlow #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #fantasticartwork #coverart #coverartwork #bookstagram #bücherwurm #mystery #mysterythriller #mysteryhorror #bookstagramgermany #germanbookstagram #bookstagramdeutschland #lesetipp #buchtipp
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SEEMANNSGRÄBER mit meinem Cover als signiertes Hardcover limitiert auf nur 66 Exemplare!
Alle Infos: www.timokuemmel.wordpress.com
#vincentvoss #horror #horrorthriller #verlagtorstenlow #timokuemmel #timokümmel #illustration #bookdesign #bookcover #fantasticartwork #coverart #coverartwork #bookstagram #bücherwurm #mystery #mysterythriller #mysteryhorror #bookstagramgermany #germanbookstagram #bookstagramdeutschland #lesetipp #buchtipp
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Der TATORK von Michael Peinkofer mit meinem Cover und meiner Karte in einer meiner liebsten Buchhandlungen, dem Dussmann 😍 .
Alle Infos:
#michaelpeinkofer #orks #ork #darkfantasy #fantasy #fantasynoir #hardboiled #fantasykrimi #fantasythriller #fantasybooks #fantasybücher #fantasybuch #illustration #fantasticartwork #buchempfehlung #lesetipp #buchtipp #büchertipp #panini #buchvorstellung #timokümmel #coverart #bookdesign #lesen #tatork
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@slantedhall @typecon And now “The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition” with my bespoke #shapenote music #typeface coming off the presses. #fontinuse
Will be available in 2 weeks at the United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention debut singing in Atlanta, GA, USA and The Revising The #SacredHarp Symposium the day before. 12–14 Sep 2025.
https://originalsacredharp.com/2025/08/27/in-press/
#typedesign #musicfont #musictypeface #musicengraving #bookdesign #bookprinting #fontdesign #fontlove #typedesignerlife -
@slantedhall @typecon And now “The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition” with my bespoke #shapenote music #typeface coming off the presses. #fontinuse
Will be available in 2 weeks at the United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention debut singing in Atlanta, GA, USA and The Revising The #SacredHarp Symposium the day before. 12–14 Sep 2025.
https://originalsacredharp.com/2025/08/27/in-press/
#typedesign #musicfont #musictypeface #musicengraving #bookdesign #bookprinting #fontdesign #fontlove #typedesignerlife -
@slantedhall @typecon And now “The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition” with my bespoke #shapenote music #typeface coming off the presses. #fontinuse
Will be available in 2 weeks at the United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention debut singing in Atlanta, GA, USA and The Revising The #SacredHarp Symposium the day before. 12–14 Sep 2025.
https://originalsacredharp.com/2025/08/27/in-press/
#typedesign #musicfont #musictypeface #musicengraving #bookdesign #bookprinting #fontdesign #fontlove #typedesignerlife -
@slantedhall @typecon And now “The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition” with my bespoke #shapenote music #typeface coming off the presses. #fontinuse
Will be available in 2 weeks at the United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention debut singing in Atlanta, GA, USA and The Revising The #SacredHarp Symposium the day before. 12–14 Sep 2025.
https://originalsacredharp.com/2025/08/27/in-press/
#typedesign #musicfont #musictypeface #musicengraving #bookdesign #bookprinting #fontdesign #fontlove #typedesignerlife -
@slantedhall @typecon And now “The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition” with my bespoke #shapenote music #typeface coming off the presses. #fontinuse
Will be available in 2 weeks at the United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention debut singing in Atlanta, GA, USA and The Revising The #SacredHarp Symposium the day before. 12–14 Sep 2025.
https://originalsacredharp.com/2025/08/27/in-press/
#typedesign #musicfont #musictypeface #musicengraving #bookdesign #bookprinting #fontdesign #fontlove #typedesignerlife