paulsharville
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Post by paulsharville on Sept 10, 2012 5:20:14 GMT -8
Hi there. I have created a small 'dagger' glyph to mark sections in my book. I've used a 96dpi mono graphic which has been sized correctly in Photoshop. The problem lies with inserting it into my Word document. Word has an annoying habit (one of many) of increasing the size of the imported glyph*, which means that I then have to reduce it in Word. According to Mark Coker's Smashwords Style Guide, it's not good to resize graphics because certain ebook formats won't spot the resize and the glyph will look too big. I've tested this on my Kindle and, yes, it it has ignored my manual resizing, presenting me with a big, unattractive glyph. I'm using a PNG file, and Word is not giving me the option (eg Paste Special) to control the size in which it is inserted (ie the original size). Are there any Word experts out there who can shed some light? Many thanks.
*I read this morning that if you import a graphic into Word that is less than 96dpi high or wide it will resize it up to 96dpi, for no apparent reason. Since mine is already 96dpi (for this reason), this shouldn't happen. But it does. Very irritating.
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Post by Ted on Sept 10, 2012 6:43:28 GMT -8
You 'might' find a glyph close yours by looking at various fonts using the Character Map program on your Windows computer. Then you can simply copy that glyph and paste it into your Word doc.
If you can't find a glyph close to what you want, then....
Arial font, among others, accepts glyphs so you may want to get a font maker program which will allow you to import your dagger glyph. That way you can use the key code you assigned to it and past it into your Word doc.
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Post by ahpellett on Sept 10, 2012 6:43:53 GMT -8
I had the experience of creating a graphic at a selected dpi and then when I saved it, I experienced the problems you mention when I uploaded it to another software (createspace) that requested that same dpi size I thought I had used.
What I discovered was that when I saved my file (after creating it at a pre-selected dpi), it actually saved it at a reduced dpi. And I too, like you, was saving as a PNG. I fixed the problem by saving as a JPG. Give it a try and see if that works for you.
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paulsharville
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Post by paulsharville on Sept 10, 2012 8:58:41 GMT -8
You 'might' find a glyph close yours by looking at various fonts using the Character Map program on your Windows computer. Then you can simply copy that glyph and paste it into your Word doc. If you can't find a glyph close to what you want, then.... Arial font, among others, accepts glyphs so you may want to get a font maker program which will allow you to import your dagger glyph. That way you can use the key code you assigned to it and past it into your Word doc. Hi Ted. I use a Mac, but I assume the principles are the same. Thanks. I'll look into it. Paul |
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