Preparing the template
There are a few things we should do to prepare your template for the main body of your journal or workbook (or planner).
1. Add page numbering, if you want it. In Word, this is in the “Insert” menu in the “Header & Footer” section.
2. Add headers and/or footers, if you want them (same place as page numbering)
3. Choose your fonts
4. Add the front matter
5. Add the back matter
Choose your fonts for the following:
1. title
2. headings (at the top of the page to announce new chapters, sections, activities, etc.)
3. subheadings (breaking up the chapter, section, etc. into smaller chunks)
4. normal text (everything but the fancy stuff)
As long as you embed your fonts before saving your completed interior file as a PDF and uploading it to CreateSpace, you can revel in the fact that print books don’t limit you nearly as much as ebooks when it comes to font styles.
If you have any trademark fonts you like to use, enjoy using them. Keep in mind, though, that you want to keep it easy on your reader’s eyes. As great as that cursive font looks for large headings, it’s brutal at 12 point.
Shawn, the CreateSpace Graphic Arts Specialist, recommends a serif font (like Times New Roman) for interiors and particularly body text (normal text, as Word calls it) and a sans serif font for display text – which would include titles, headings, and subheadings, and other bits of text that are meant to draw attention to themselves.
