InDesign Typesetter — 1918-Page Bilingual Latin/English Missal Reproduction (Historical Facsimile Style)
Publicada el 2026-07-16
Descripción de la oferta
Description: We're reproducing a 1930s-era Catholic missal — a bilingual (Latin/English), two-column liturgical book, 1918 pages — as a new InDesign document that faithfully matches the look of the original printed edition. What's provided to you: The InDesign master file and font family (Caslon Iconic Family) already set up, with tested settings (7pt size, 8.2 leading, specific justification/word-spacing tolerances) approved to match the original page's appearance Text already extracted and provided per page — you will not be transcribing or typing from scans; your job is layout, placement, and styling Scanned reference images of every original page, so you can match line breaks, column balance, and formatting exactly What you'll be doing: Placing supplied text into the InDesign template using the established paragraph/character styles, matching the original page's line breaks and column layout as closely as InDesign's composer allows Handling special formatting: page headers, section titles, rubric-style headings, drop caps/decorative initials where present Placing and cleaning up any illustrated plates or decorative images from the scanned source pages (cropping, basic cleanup — not redrawing) Flagging any pages where the text doesn't fit the established style cleanly, so we can review before finalizing Required: Strong Adobe InDesign skills — paragraph/character styles, multi-column layout, master pages Experience with book/print typesetting, ideally something facsimile, historical, or reference-book in nature Attention to detail — this is a precision reproduction project, not free-form design Comfortable working with Latin text (accented characters, ligatures) even without speaking Latin Process: We'll start with a paid test batch of 10-15 pages to confirm workflow, pace, and quality before committing to the full book Ongoing delivery in batches (to be agreed), with review and sign-off at each stage Please quote your rate per page for standard running-text pages, and separately for pages requiring image placement/cleanup Please apply with: InDesign portfolio samples (book/print layout preferred), and your estimated pages-per-day pace for this type of work.
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Fuente original: freelancer