Publishing Design | Final Project
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Publishing Design
Final Project - E-book
Publishing Design
Final Project - E-book
Instructions
Final Project
We had to adapt our book to an iPad screen (1024px x 768px) for our final project into an Ebook. The Ebook is a multimedia publication, which will involve us in making visual animations.
Week 10
Chosen typeset :
Body text: Calluna Sans / 18pt
Pull-quote: Roc Grotesk
Sub-text: Calluna / 15pt
Chosen Grid :
I tried out the first Ebook style. I mistakenly assumed we had to finish the whole layout so I went and finished it before Mr. Vinod got his feedback.
Week 12
Attempt on Animation :
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Week 13
I continue to work on my animation gifs and complete the work by this week for preliminary submission.
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Third Attempt on Layout :
Week 14
Final PDF Pages :
Final PDF Thumbnails :
Epub :
Feedbacks
Week 10
Individual Feedback : The leading looks okay for the body text, but the subtext is too small to see.
Week 11
Absent
Week 12
Individual feedback : Change the subtext leading to be the same as the body text leading. Version 2 of the animation looks better, looks like there is more going on.
General Feedback : Preliminary submission of the book next week (Week 13) and also have the blog ready.
Week 13
Individual Feedbacks : For my rolllover in the contents page the pink seems to be very light as the stroke weight of the typeface is thin, I should try to change the colour into a darker shade of the pink or a darker shade of blue. The references text size should be the same size as the body text.
General Feedbacks : The final compilation blog for all projects should be done by next week, the reflection part may be added after a few days but we have to indicate it in the blog. Upload all the files into the google drive provided (everything in high resolution).
Reflection
Experience
Week 10
We had to transform our book into an ebook with the size of an iPad. We were allowed to not include every visual we had. We had to also animate our visuals.
Week 11
Absent
Week 12
I struggled for a bit on animating the visuals as I had no idea.
Week 13
My ebook actually looks more complete now after and we had to do a preliminary submission.
Findings
Week 10
I found out that the leading for the body text on the ebook had to be increased quite a lot in order to read the text more comfortably.
Week 11
Absent
Week 12
I found some references for my animation on Pinterest but I was not sure on how to execute it.
Week 13
I found out that I was much more comfortable using InDesign compared to the beginning of the semester.
Observation
Week 10
I realise that if the leading is too small for the body text it'll look very cramped and the readability of the text will be affected on the ebook.
Week 11
Absent
Week 12
I observed that most of my classmates has a very good understanding on how to use After effects.
Week 13
I observed that we were not so stressed out anymore as it is almost the end of the semester and most of us managed to do everything on time.
Further Reading
Title: Reinventing Lettepress
Author: Charlotte Rivers
Topic: Letterpress in Printing
The first step in letterpress process is designing. While some letterpress pieces are entirely type-driven using wood or metal type, much modern letterpress printing involved artwork. Artwork can be digitally created or original hand-drawn images can be scanned and cleaned up digitally. All artwork is then converted into black and white and transferred to a plate ready for printing. Hand-carved linoleum blocks can also be directly printed from.
Inking and Printing.
There are many different letterprint ink available but the most popular are water soluble rubber based inks and soy based ink. It could be straight from the tin or can be mixed by hands. Amazingly, just a spoonful of ink could print thousands or more greeting cards. Once the ink is ready to be applied to the rollers, which then move over the handset type or plate, applying a layer of ink to the text or image. Papers in then fed into the machine, either automatically or by hand and the reversed type or plate is pressed onto the paper to create a positive impression. The paper is then removed and allowed to dry.
Each printed pieces is checked for smudges, ink splashes and so on. Once it is approved, the piece is dried before being trimmed and packed, ready to be sent off to the client.
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