book designer
Cover layout specialist
A book designer determines the visual presentation of a book—its typography, layout, cover art, and physical format.
The role encompasses both interior design (typeface selection, margins, chapter headings) and exterior elements (jacket art, binding, spine).
She hired a book designer to give her self-published novel a professional look.
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- guttersRooftop water channels
- typographyArranging letters for display
- coverProtect by overlaying
- grid systemsIntersecting line frameworks
spine · binding · perfect binding · colophon · mockups · margins · illuminated manuscripts · kerning · leading · drop cap · illustrator · publisher · paper stock · Photoshop · bleed · galleys · print run · title page
- designersart director, design consultant, Eames, William Morris
- book professionalsbookseller, librarian, reference librarian, cataloger, publisher
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- literatiauthor, writer, poet, novelist, essayist
book designerauthor
Creator of written works
writer · ghostwriter · novelist · content creator · journalist
book designerreader
One who peruses text
book buyer · library patron · book collector · bibliophile · book reviewer