1. LETTER JEWELS FOR THE BOOK PAGE
DROP CAPS
LETTER JEWELS FOR THE BOOK PAGE

2. DROP CAP HISTORY
LARGE INITIAL LETTER - DROPS BELOW FIRST LINE OF PARAGRAPH
BEEN AROUND 2000 YEARS
PREDATES PRINTING - HAND LETTERING IN MANUSCRIPTS
NOT JUST RELIGIOUS TEXT - ALSO LAW EDICTS AND SHEET MUSIC
ADAPTED TO PRINTING TECHNOLOGY BASED ON IMITATION OF MANUSCRIPTS TO BE ACCEPTED BY PUBLIC
USED AS CHAPTER OPENINGS

3. DROP CAP PURPOSE MARKED IMPORTANT PASSAGES - A NEW IDEA
BOOK CONTENT NAVIGATION: READERS ABLE TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN TEXT
USED TO LEAD THE EYE INTO THE BODY CONTENT
MORE THAN DECORATIVE ELEMENT - ILLUSTRATED THE STORY PASSAGE

4. BOOK PAGE DESIGN TYPE IN BOOK DESIGN MUST BECOME INVISIBLE
READABILITY MATTERS
TYPEFACE SELECTION CRITICAL
ROMAN TYPEFACES USED OVER AND OVER - USED TO PRODUCE HARMONIOUS AND RHYTHMIC LINE WITH VARIATION FOR INTEREST
LEADING - SPACE BETWEEN LINES: TOO LITTLE - TEXT LINES BLEND TOGETHER, TOO MUCH - CONNECTION IS LOST
LINE LENGTH TO TYPE SIZE

5. CLASSIC BOOK TYPEFACES
JANSON: STRONG CONTRAST
GARAMOND: ELEGANT STYLE
BEMBO: CLASSIC BEAUTY
CASLON: DISTINCTIVE TEXTURE

6. BOOK PAGE DESIGN READABLE FONTS FOR TEXTURAL CONSISTENCY ON THE PAGE
DROP CAPS add EMPHASIS
combine fonts carefully for contrast & readability
SUGGESTED BOOK:
THE BIG BOOK OF FONT COMBINATIONS
DOUGLAS BONNEVILLE

7. PENTATEUCH LAYOUT & DESIGN
CONTEMPORARY ILLUMINATED BIBLE - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Donald Jackson and team of scribes & illuminators for the Saint John's Benedictine Abbey & University in Minnesota. Work on the 7 volumes started in 2000 and completed in 2007, at a total cost of over £2 million. Vellum writing surface, natural hand-ground pigments for inks & goose wing feather quill for calligraphy
LAYOUT & DESIGN

8. C.G. JUNG’S RED BOOK: KNOWN AS LIBER NOVUS (LATIN FOR A NEW BOOK)
A 205-page manuscript written and illuminated by the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung between 1914 to a personal account of self-induced hallucinations. Never seen by the public before Contains 53 full images - 71 pages contain text and illustrations.

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