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Old 08-31-2009, 10:23 AM   #389
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Originally Posted by igorsk View Post
Check samples from Hindawi:
http://www.hindawi.com/epub.html
I'm not really sure I'd call anything from a scientific journal to be "cream of the crop" with regards to design and typography (and I spent many years working in STM publishing). However, what I will say is that those you linked to tend to take advantage of some of the more "advanced" features of the ePub format (which aren't really all that advanced, IMHO)--things like decent layout for mathematical equations, use of vector graphics, etc.

I'm moderately proud of the ePub I slapped together in a few days, but even then, the extent of the layout/design doesn't go much beyond properly proportioned drop caps, some faked small caps for the chapter titles, and graphics that scale depending on the viewer's screen size (try adjust the window size in the desktop ADE to see what I mean). Hardly "cream of the crop", but among one of the nicer formatted ePubs I've seen, if I may humbly say so.
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