Publishing Assistant 6.1 will provide a significantly improved and more flexible interface for creating and configuring custom page layouts.
This update focuses on 2 major areas:
Scripture translation projects working in Paratext 9 can choose to use new and updated USFM markup available in USFM 3. Publishing Assistant 6.1 has added support for USFM 3.
This article presents a summary of new USFM 3 markup which you may encounter when typesetting a project from Paratext 9 (or newer). It is not an exhaustive summary of USFM 3 changes, but focuses on the changes and additions which will be of particular interest to a Bible typesetter.
For a complete list of changes in USFM, please refer to the release notes found in the online USFM documentation.
[Read more…]Publishing Assistant 5.1 and 6.0 contain identical features. Publishing Assistant 6 is required for working with Paratext 8 or newer projects. Publishing Assistant 5.1 works with Paratext 7 projects. Both versions can safely coexist on your computer.
Here is a comprehensive list of what you can expect if upgrading from version 5.0:
Reading the text is a complex activity for one’s eyes and brain. It is a part of designer’s work to make the reading experience effective, enjoyable, smooth, and helpful to the message that the text aims to convey.
One of the ways to do this is to remove obstacles which the eye might encounter while moving along a line of text.
What does this have to do with Bible publishing?
[Read more…]Whether one holds on to the Sola Scriptura principle, or to Prima Scriptura, we all agree that Scripture is the best means to interpret Scripture. And using this means of interpretation became easier and more efficient when in the 16th century Christians agreed to divide text of biblical books into chapters and verses. Very soon after that the great-great-grandparents of modern hyperlinks came to be — cross-references (xrefs).
One of the first English Study Bibles — the Geneva Bible (1560) uses xrefs extensively. Since that time xrefs are an indispensable part of many printed and digital Bibles.
By default a basic Bible layout produced by Publishing Assistant will display any footnotes or cross-references at the bottom of the page, with all of the footnotes presented first, followed by the collection of cross-references.
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