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This is the second of two posts focusing on body text in this series on DIY Book formatting. In the previous blogpost, I looked at the basics of body text: point size, font style, leading and justification. In this follow-up post, I am considering four more aspects of body text formatting from our long list derived from studying a sample page of text. The paragraph style: indentation for the second paragraph,...

Scrivener provides a palette of section layouts Scrivener provides a palette of section layouts, so you have an array of formatting possibilities at your fingertips. Once you have set up your sections types (or accepted Scrivener's default settings) as per the previous post, then it's time to assign a section layout to each section type. From File / Compile, depending on the project format you chose when you first set up your project,...

Scrivenings = writing It's interesting that Literature & Latte chose this term; Scrivenings is a now obsolete English term for writing. To me, it indicates a return to the old style of publishing: Write the words and create galley proofs Proofread Incorporate figures and tables, and paginate Proofread the page layout (ie check the formatting) Publish So, rather than focus on the product - the paged output - the writer focuses on the...