Editorial Design: How a Book is Made

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.