Editorial Design How a Book is Made (Spanish, Multisub)

Learn to format a text with clarity, hierarchy and beauty “Never in history have we had so much control over the expressiveness of typography” . All the letters have something to tell and in the editorial design it is essential to use the appropriate typography to convey the idea that best fits the text.

In his other course of Domestika ( How to choose fonts ), Enric Jardí -designer graphic designer in editorial design and Typography- teaches you how to select the right type of font for each occasion. In this, it focuses on the role of typography within an editorial publication and its relationship with the other elements of the page, teaching you the fundamental principles to learn how to design a book from beginning to end, always keeping in mind the principles of hierarchy, clarity and beauty.

What will you learn in this online course? You will start exploring the world of books and analyze together the way they have been designed. Enric will show you some of the books that have most influenced him when it comes to immersing himself in the world of editorial design.

You will continue to know what tools you will need to work on the design of a publication and what kind of books you can make.

You will discover the different parts of which the gut of the book is composed and you will learn to work with sheets and number of pages.

Then, you will start working with the text box. It will be then when you have to choose the type of letter that best suits your project.

Next, you will work the paragraphs of the text. You will learn to organize and edit them taking into account different parameters. Finally, you will adjust its texture, playing with the space between letters and between words.

Once the editing of the text body is finished, you will discover what other parts the page has and you will learn to automate some processes.

Enric will also give you some tips to design the book cover, the letter of presentation of a text facing the reader.

Finally, you will learn to present the final files to be sent to the press or to publish in digital format as an electronic book.

What is this course’s project? You will design and lay out a book in its entirety, from the original text to its preparation to be sent to the press or to be published as an electronic book, including its cover.