How to Make Custom Dropcaps Using Inkscape (interior book design)

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Published on July 1, 2017 4:40:59 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyjYPdgGnzw

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Ever wonder how book designers make those beautiful custom dropcaps at the beginning of chapters in hardbacks and trade paperbacks? I show how you can create special drop caps that utilize black silhouettes to give your section headings that extra pop. I use basic images and a free vector program called inkscape and demonstrate by creating a special glyph drop cap for my upcoming fantasy novel, Water of Awakening.

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