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A little twist on the cover
Inspired by the covers of women’s magazines, I let the subject of the cover illustration take center stage, blocking out part of the masthead. It’s a glorious image!
St. Louis steamboating
Here is a peek at the cover of the summer 2012 Overland Journal, which uses a scene from St. Louis circa 1874 to illustrate an article on the importance of steamboats in the overland era. The image was quite big … Continue reading
Library of Congress Has Us Covered
For the fall issue of OJ, we used another image from the Library of Congress for the cover. Since the the main article for this issue is “The Old Spanish Trail: John N. Macomb’s 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of … Continue reading
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Finalmente!
We’ve been working with a whirlwind of Spanish the past couple of weeks. After much hard work, the files have been sent to the printer. Santa Clara University professor Rose Marie Beebe, one of our favorite collaborators, asked us to … Continue reading
Issue no. 1 of a new journal
Seems like I’ve been posting a lot of covers lately! Here’s another one, for a new journal just published by the Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, called Ghost Herder. The striking cover photo was taken by Bob Reece, the … Continue reading
New Overland Journal
The spring 2011 issue of Overland Journal came out last month; here is a look at its mailing wrap. We started using a mailing wrap on OJ a couple of years ago. Prior to that, we did the mailing address … Continue reading
Overland Journal Galleys
We have received the text for the articles and reviews for the Overland Journal issue, Spring 2011 and today created the galleys, which are the first round of proofs. InDesign allows us to set up templates, styles, and guides that … Continue reading
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Tagged Character Styles, Find/Change, Galleys, Overland Journal, Paragraph Styles
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An afternoon of history with a Spanish professor
As she answered the phone, all that could be heard was a dog barking, followed by a breathless “hello?” Laughing, she apologized as she took care of the dog and returned to the call, lively in every word and excited … Continue reading →