Thats all the illustrations done and a look into the layout of the publication in more depth with the informal feedback I recieved in my late night crit at the end of last week. The type in this one is still messy with widows, hyphenation and bad spelling all over the place. There is also inconsitencies in the page numbering, and I think I can also minimalize the amount of information on each spread - for example do i need to chapter number on both pages of the spread? Im thinking about getting rid of the word page too. Im happy with the way this is looking at the moment, the illustration works well against the type - which is 9pt at the moment. I will drop this to 8 point. I also need to think about what else im adding so this pagenates well.
Will had a look over a print out of this PDF, and some very useful feedback from him was that i Should justify the paragraphs of copy, to make them less awkward to read. Will also told me about the De- hyphenation tool in indesign which would solve a few of my problems. Below are a few pictures to prove that not considering the amount of pages you have in your booklet ends up in a bad duplex job.
This actually was ordered correctly, but it shows that Im definately going to need signatures in multiples of 4, not including inlays and the cover, as these will be done seperately. I know this because I was showing sarah in the printroom at Vernon street who said a saddle stitch would be ideal for this publication. Obviously I would need my cover to have a spine in order to compensate for the size of the bind.
Ive also looked into a cover here, But I'm going to resolve the cover in much more detail in a later post. At the moment, the idea is that I will be using a coloured stock with a speciality print process like foil or glow gloss , so I want to cover to appear simple and clear in message so the print can make it something beautiful.
I've simplified my cover idea further here which will be helpful when I resolve the cover properly. Ive also added more content in here to make the up the numbers. The pagenation is working better now but in preview its still adding blank pages so I'm missing something. I need to refer back to my initial brainstorming session To help finalise my content. I think it would be wise to exclude cover pages in this layout. I'm not printing any more proofs now until everything is pretty much resolved, this will mean I will have something that is almost finished for the crit and I will get the feedback I need on tweaks to help with a professional look to my publication.
Final content for my book. As far as I'm concerned, the layout is almost resolved; everything is uniform from point size to hierarchies of information and layout on the same grid for all pages. I have tweaked this one more too, and I feel that it is working as a high end publication that has an encyclopedic feel. After doing all the layout, I am unsure if the images are working - but a crit would help me with this.
Some feedback I got from Jane in a tutorial is that the illustrations would work well in colour, and help to add interest to my publication. Jane suggested using muted colour to reflect a hand drawn lithogram feel, which was the commonplace process for illustration in 18th century Encyclopedias, like Darwin's theory of evolution.
Ive ticked alot of personal boxes by completing this section of my brief so early on, it also now allows me to start on my next brief and spend a good few weeks on print and stocks before deadline. I want to chase up this glow in the dark ink ordering idea I had. I till havnt managed to get in touch with the supplier at quality colours UK, but I have had a little more success looking into stocks, Which I'll talk about in my next post.
Another issue here was the use of labelling lines in relation to the captions and the illustrations. For the most up to date resolve, I decided that I didnt want to include them because they visually clutter up the page.
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