Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "printing"
Words Are Made of Letters
I'd never really thought about the alphabet letters other than playing the alphabet game. They seemed so timeless, so part of the cosmos. Yet they weren't always there.
As I have dealt with words in a training for my writers group, It occurred to me those words were composed of letters. And somewhere I had a book about letters.
My mother had a pile of books left in her apartment when she went into long term care. The books moved along with her cats to my house. One of them, The 26 Letters, moved up to the top of my "To Read' list.
Ogg is a typographer at heart. He loves the looks of letters and it shows all the way through the book.
I find it interesting to know only capital letters existed until the Middle Ages. Small letters came about when literacy rates improved and overworked scribes started streamlining their capitals. This was only possible because directions for making paper arrived from China yet the printing press we know about was invented in Europe because paper was abundant and convenient.
Will knowing the history of our alphabet make me a better writer? Probably not. Will knowing this make me appreciate writing more? Yes.
Writing is truly a gift for all people made possible because those 26 letters came into existence. It's nice to know they have a noble pedigree.
As I have dealt with words in a training for my writers group, It occurred to me those words were composed of letters. And somewhere I had a book about letters.
My mother had a pile of books left in her apartment when she went into long term care. The books moved along with her cats to my house. One of them, The 26 Letters, moved up to the top of my "To Read' list.
Ogg is a typographer at heart. He loves the looks of letters and it shows all the way through the book.
I find it interesting to know only capital letters existed until the Middle Ages. Small letters came about when literacy rates improved and overworked scribes started streamlining their capitals. This was only possible because directions for making paper arrived from China yet the printing press we know about was invented in Europe because paper was abundant and convenient.
Will knowing the history of our alphabet make me a better writer? Probably not. Will knowing this make me appreciate writing more? Yes.
Writing is truly a gift for all people made possible because those 26 letters came into existence. It's nice to know they have a noble pedigree.
Locked Into Page Size
Novels are easy to self publish. There are many companies to choose from.
Books filled with photographs are different. Digital publishing doesn't do well with these. Commercially these are done with offset printing. Private, expensive offset printing leaves the author with boxes of books to store.
My nonfiction books are filled with photographs. Offset printing is not an option for several reasons. I print them on my home printer which produces an acceptable copy.
As my new nonfiction book, "My Ozark Home," nears completion, I started thinking about using a size other than letter size for the book. Commercial books come in several sizes. I went hunting for paper in different sizes.
Special photography paper comes in different sizes. Copier paper comes in two sizes: letter and legal. It comes in various colors, but only two sizes.
As I formatted "My Ozark Home" for 7 x 10 pages, I will now reformat the pages for letter size. This is not a disaster, only a snag.
Now, if only the day lilies would bloom for that last picture. The brush cutter is coming someday in the not too distant future. That would be a disaster.
Books filled with photographs are different. Digital publishing doesn't do well with these. Commercially these are done with offset printing. Private, expensive offset printing leaves the author with boxes of books to store.
My nonfiction books are filled with photographs. Offset printing is not an option for several reasons. I print them on my home printer which produces an acceptable copy.
As my new nonfiction book, "My Ozark Home," nears completion, I started thinking about using a size other than letter size for the book. Commercial books come in several sizes. I went hunting for paper in different sizes.
Special photography paper comes in different sizes. Copier paper comes in two sizes: letter and legal. It comes in various colors, but only two sizes.
As I formatted "My Ozark Home" for 7 x 10 pages, I will now reformat the pages for letter size. This is not a disaster, only a snag.
Now, if only the day lilies would bloom for that last picture. The brush cutter is coming someday in the not too distant future. That would be a disaster.
