300 DPI is the best but in most cases 200 DPI will work just fine. What is the recommend DPI of images and graphics?ĭiggyPOD recommends that images and graphics are a minimum of 200 DPI. DiggyPOD is very quality oriented, and we want to make sure you get the best quality book printing possible. But, if you are happy with the quality of the images at low resolution, we can print them. In our experience, you may want to avoid getting artwork for your cover from websites and image searches, as images on websites are only 72 DPI and print very poorly. The best way to check the resolution of the images and graphics is to create the PDF file, then zoom in 300% to 400% to see if there is any fuzziness with the image or graphics.Ĭlick here to see the difference between a high resolution image and low resolution image. How do I know if my images and graphics are high resolution? Mac computers embed the fonts automatically. We have an easy-to-follow video tutorial that will show you how to do it.

DiggyPOD recommends using the free doPDF utility to embed the fonts. The good news is that embedding fonts in your cover file is quite easy.

Even common fonts, like Times, need to be embedded because there are many different versions of common fonts. If the fonts are not embedded in the PDF file, the type can reflow and become distorted. We highly recommend self-publishers use our Free Book Spine Creation service.įont embedding is when all the font information is captured from your computer and stored inside the PDF file. Our spine calculator is for advanced users of page layout programs. Most graphic artists use Adobe InDesign, and will send us one file for the cover that has the front, back, and the spine all merged into one layout file that is ready to print. If you'd like to design or have a graphic designer creating the spine bulk as well, use our Spine Calculator to calculate the dimensions of your spine, and the overall dimensions with bleeds.

Note that books under 70 pages are too thin to have a spine. If you want anything different, we ask that you specify in the 'Additional Comments' when ordering and we will take care of your request.

We will try to use the same fonts or very closely matched fonts as those used on the cover. Our graphic artist will add the text that you supply for the spine and try to match the same color scheme of the supplied front and back covers. When you select 'Free Book Spine Creation' when placing your order, you will supply the title of the book and the author's name. As far as the spine is concerned, we don't need a file from you if you are using our Free Book Spine Creation service.

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