#dropcaps

[aofikofi]

also guys look at this uni asssignment wip yippers we're gonna print this on a shirt too >:) yhk shirt >:)

#ao text #its an A dropcap #for my typography class #yippers

[jennicatzies]

New year new little guy

Jenn your inner thsc enjoyer is showing

His name is Sastra and my friend thinks he looks gay take that as you will

His codename is Dropcap

Extras under the cut

Mahkertas power ranking

Just this doodle because. He :)

Yes that's a good omens reference if you know you know

#jennicatzies art-chive #jennicatzies oc files #Mahkertas Head Offices #hmm #is that a good tag #MHO Sastra #MHO Dropcap #yayyy #original character #oc art #oc

[gailynovelry]

Now that we have more design experience, we’re realizing that it’d be pretty easy to offer an alternative dyslexia-friendly version of our epubs along with the base ones. Just swap out the fonts, change the base text from justified to ragged, maybe remove the dropcaps, and boom. It works.

#book design #this is all in theory anyway #we don’t have dyslexia so these changes would be us working off of what other folks have told us #our best guess! #hey friends with dyslexia! are dropcaps a bother!

[optimistpax]

just realized that the short story Bullets missed a golden opportunity to design it as if it was actually a magazine article in the Wreckers: Declassified... it would’ve been so funny.... they could have fun little illustrations and in-universe ads...

#I wanna design that now #bitch planet bonus material vibes #optimist.txt #has there ever been a wreckers: declassified or lost light insider zine thats actually formatted like a magazine? #so curious now #that would be so fun to design #go absolutely ham with the fun decorative typefaces and dropcaps

[mysticeyeliner]

Musical Stamps and Dropcaps

Listed: Bare, anastasia, carousel spring awakening, alice by heart, head over heels, a chorus line, waitress, we are the tigers, hadestown, 36 questions, godspell, Legally Blonde, falsettos, be more chill

#Watercolor #Art #My art #Musical art #Stamps and dropcaps #big text tw #undescribed image

[vukuu]

More than half of businesses that closed during the pandemic won't reopen

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#Dropcap #Serum #Unordered List

[uicomponents]

dropcap, newyorktimes, article, text https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/frog-and-toad-an-amphibious-celebration-of-same-sex-love

#dropcap #newyorktimes #article #text

[marylikespostcards]

Designed and Animated by Mary Hawkins

Original Music by Carlos Dengler @bloodybells1

#36daysoftype #36days a #nyc subway #love letters for the subway #typography #animation #dropcap #hand drawn type #illustration #nyc #a train #harlem

[little-cat-press]

Sometime when my older siblings were little, my dad discovered that they found stories about his childhood more entertaining if he told them as "One time my friend Frederick..." instead of "One time when I was a kid...", and thus Frederick Stories were born.

I loved hearing Frederick Stories growing up, and so did all of my siblings. At some point, Dad decided to write (some of) them down, and a year or two ago I asked him for the file.

And now, currently in the mail to arrive late for Christmas, is a hand-bound copy of his book.

Two copies, actually, because I'm also sending one to his parents. He mentioned in the introduction that when he had first written these stories down, he had given them a copy for Christmas, and I thought they would like to have another, probably more nicely bound, one.

There's a third copy for me, but it took me long enough to finish these two before Christmas, and my copy isn't finished yet. Mostly, but not quite.

It is bound in a nice brown cloth I have, and titled with gold paint, because I thought it would lend it a sort of Old Book vibe that I thought would go well with the title.

Hence also the gothic font for the title.

I also did a few experiments with ways of turning cloth into bookcloth, which is why the two books are a bit different in color. The one on the right in the above picture is the original cloth color.

The edges are gilded with the same gold paint as the title is done in, which also helps with the Old Fancy Book vibe I wanted.

Almost all of the stories opened with "One day, Frederick..." or "One time, Frederick...", and I picked a nice ornamental font for the dropcaps there.

#little cat press #bookbinding #size: half letter #bound by me #a gift #author: my dad #gifted to my dad #gifted to my grandma #gifted to my grandpa

[celestial-sphere-press]

Fanbinding: Hibernating with Ghosts by @fayet

Getting stuck in Kaedwen in winter had never been on Jaskier's plan.

Hyped to share photos of the set I made at the end of 2023 for the @renegadepublishing annual exchange! In addition to "Hibernating With Ghosts" these volumes include 30 pencil illustrations by @saeculorum-art, the fic's prequel Silent friend of many distances, and a song (The Siren Song) by @stillmadaboutpetra. I was over the moon that they all agreed to allow their work included so i could make this for the lovely Kitty / @perfectlynormalbooks (thank you for the intro to the wonderful fic!!).

This book was bound in Duo dragonfly cloth, with marbled lokta and hand-foiled cover accents. All art not by saeculorum is sourced from public domain woodcuts. I went a little harder than usual on the typeset, but it was a lot of fun and I finally had a good reason to use a vertical header (the chapter titles are SO LONG) and colored dropcaps (i was printing color for the art, anyway!). I justified my embroidery thread spending with a fun five-color color endband, and I colored the top edge.

I had a lot of fun making this and trying our a few different ways of doing things! Thanks again to everyone for a wonderful Renegade Exchange!

#fanbinding #celestial sphere press #ficbinding #renegadeexchange2023 #renegadepublishing #the witcher #geralt of rivia #jaskier #geraskier #hibernating with ghosts #this is actually the first Witcher fic i have bound #what a great place to start!

[overlyenthusiasticfictionreader]

Fanbinding of Gilded Chain by Sroloc_Elbisivni

Gilded Chain by Sroloc_Elbisivni

The throne of Iacon's Primes is draped in golden chains. The glitter hides how strong they are--and how impossible to escape.

Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationship: Megaton/Optimus Prime Characters: Megatron, Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Ravage Words: 3,710

I typeset Gilded Chain for the 2023 Renegade Tiny Book Bang, way back in August. Another member claimed the typeset and bound me a fabulous tiny book. However, while all of that was going on, I was also struck with a vision of a book in gold chains. It took me a while to puzzle out how to make this happen, but here we are now. This is now the second copy of Gilded Chain I have sitting on my shelf!

Here are some exterior shots. I embedded the eyepins in layers of thin cardboard, so they were sunk down into the covers instead of above/below/beside:

The endbands match up well with the chains despite being thread:

With a name like "Gilded Chain", I had to go ham with gold every place I could fit it in, which also includes the endpapers, the frontispiece, and the interior title:

On the inside I wanted to continue the them of ostentatious luxury, so the dropcaps are very elaborate. And the textbreaks are thematically appropriate chains:

So, this is a tiny book, letter-octavo sized. I have a terrible time telling how big are books in photos, so I'm experimenting with some comparisons:

Obviously the ruler is most accurate, but the shell is aesthetically appealing :)

I'm thrilled to have pulled of this cover! There was a lot of fucking around and finding out. @sroloc--elbisivni has their copy and has graciously allowed me to share with everyone online. Thank you wonderful author! I greatly enjoy this story, hopefully a bit of fanart tells you how much!

Also located on A03 here.

#book binding #my books #Cat's Paw Bindery #Gilded Chain #sroloc--elbisivni #transformers #fic rec

[perfectlynormalbooks]

Address to the Refugees by delicatelyglitterywriter (@trailmixtime) and Gremlin_Of_Space (@v4n1r). It's a Gallifrey Audios fusion AU with Chronicles of Narnia.

86k words, casebound at folio size. The front and back details are cutaways with printed vellum for a slightly translucent titlepiece. The spine has the title done up in silver, which is difficult to see unless it catches the light - it doesn't translate well to photography. Typeset in Baskerville Old Face, using Winob for titles and dropcaps. The chapter header illustrations (and linebreaks, which I forgot to take photos of) are all by me!

Single copy made, which I gave to @trailmixtime when I saw xem in person last month!

#fanbinding #my books #bookbinding #Gallifrey audios #Address to the Refugees #Perfectly Normal Books

[jennicatzies]

Imagination/Ima

Jenn Jennicatzies used to be an avid gacha club user 😔🙏

I'd ramble but I have no idea where to start so um. Feel free to drop things in my ask box ☝

#jennicatzies art-chive #jennicatzies oc files #mahkertas head offices #mho sastra #mho dropcap #mho imagination #original character #oc art #oc #sorry I've been relying on the notes app the past few posts LMAOO

[gailynovelry]

I feel like after I publish this next Heralds of Rhimn book on Saturday, I’ll probably spend a few months (productively) goofing off outlining things. The next book in the series, yes, but maybe I’ll also fix Mindhive up, or generate the rest of the plot for something like Solarboys.

#i wore myself a little thin working on so many ebook versions at once! #six in total if you don’t count the dropcaps/no dropcaps EPUB split (which would bring the total count up to nine) #so it sounds good to recharge and write at my leisure and work on the big picture plans over the small details #also i just did a fuckton of sewing today and that feels good #very off topic but i feel the need to be excited about the adjustments i made to my favorite nightgowns okay #and the tears i fixed #sewing projects and writing projects and vn projects all blurring together in a very good way this year #aaaaaa

[epitomereally]

Meet Me at Midnight by @the-starryknight

This was an absolutely favorite from this year’s H/D Wireless & I’m so happy Starry let me bind it! It features a gorgeous healing craftsman Harry, a prickly but soft Draco, and an incredible ensemble cast of Harry’s friends, who all love and take such good care of him, while working towards bettering the world. Starry’s writing is so lush and evocative. The dreamscapes, 4 Jonquil Place & Chiara, and all of Harry’s woodworking pieces are so beautifully described, and I tried to do this atmosphere justice in my binding.

This was a fic where the binding sprang into my head fully formed while reading. I was struck by the description of Chiara, vines growing all over her body, and the gorgeous blues and greens throughout the story, which inspired both the illustrations and the colors throughout. I went fully maximalist with the illustrations, and leant very literally into the dreaming & waking up motif. We have growing vines at each chapter header, which slowly open up into morning glories. On the cover, I’ve illustrated poppies to fit with the dream motif, and then a dahlia, because I love them :) this was also my first time making headbands and I love the pop of emerald & seaform that they add. I also was so happy with the bookcloth; I spent a long time looking for a deep, rich blue. It was surprisingly hard to find a highly saturated dark blue!

The dedication comes from @sitp-recs recommendation. It’s officially the longest dedication I’ve ever put in, but I couldn’t shorten it!

This fic is, first and foremost, a love letter. Not only to Drarry but mainly to creators, artists and crafters, who are struggling with burnout and feeling defeated, uninspired, maybe even useless. This was a realistic portrayal of how devastating it feels to lose the grip on our creative muse, the very thing that gives us purpose and gets us through the mundane by making our lives extraordinary. This Harry represents so many of us feeling lost and discouraged and broken, but Starry generously mends all pieces…This fic is full of hope and understanding, it’s about love but also about friendship, self-care, resistance and the importance of fighting for political change no matter how seemingly small or unimportant.

Many thanks also to @a-gay-old-time for their cover painting tutorial & also for answering my ask about how they bind flatback books. This bind wouldn’t be possible without your help & you have been a huge inspiration for me in taking up fanbinding!

Body font: Alegraya

Title font: Venose

Dropcaps: Fleur Corner Caps

Endpapers: Craft Consortium Ink Drops in Ocean

Bookcloth: Japanese Asahi bookcloth in navy blue (here from Oregon Art Supply & I also assume Navy from Talas is the same color, though it's hard to tell over the monitor) - thanks for pointing this out, @pandamomentum)

#my fanbinding #drarry fic rec #the-starryknight #posts i actually wrote

[oldwindowsicons]

Microsoft Publisher 97 - DROPCAP

#microsoft #publisher #software