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Q: Trouble with viewing font on spine of Photo book.  I can't find a way to view and edit the text which appears on the spine of the dustcover or the book itself when printed.

I can't find a way to view and edit the text which appears on the spine of the dustcover or the photo book itself.  When I preview the book it appears on the dustcover and the book, but not when I'm back in the creation or editing windows.  I've printed 4 books in a series and two spines are one font size, and two others are a different font size.  One of the books has a shortened title on the book spine.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Nov 17, 2014 1:56 AM

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  • by dzaikowski,

    dzaikowski dzaikowski Nov 19, 2014 3:20 AM in response to dzaikowski
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    Nov 19, 2014 3:20 AM in response to dzaikowski

    Help!  Any ideas for the above problem?

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 19, 2014 3:41 AM in response to dzaikowski
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    Nov 19, 2014 3:41 AM in response to dzaikowski

    The text on the spine is the same text you are using for the title. What you enter on the title page will appear on the spine, and the font is determined by the theme. The only way to view it is the preview of the book.  (iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture)

     

    The spine does neither show in the default Front Cover page layout, not in the Spread cover layout, so I see no way to change the font or the text.

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  • by grizzly marmot,Helpful

    grizzly marmot grizzly marmot Nov 19, 2014 2:33 PM in response to dzaikowski
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    Nov 19, 2014 2:33 PM in response to dzaikowski

    The text on the spine will be the same text that is in the Title text box on the title page.  You can change the font and style of that text just like you change any text in Aperture. Aperture will size and center the spine text for you


    If you want the content or the font and style  of the text to be different from your Title box text then you have to trick the program a bit.  Put the text that you want in the spine into the Title text box and then move that box to a place on the page where it will not be visible when printed ( Y coordinate -1.0 inches for example).  Don't move it too far away or it will be hard to get back to in order to make an edit.    Then make a new text box on the title page and put the text you want on the cover in that.  (Or make a book without text on the cover , but with text on the spine). 

     

    You are 100% correct in that you can not preview this unless you preview the printed book