Typesetting

Typography Studio is based in Melbourne, Australia and operates internationally. We have typeset several hundred books – from long-form text to highly illustrated titles.

Specialising in:

  • Book Design

  • Typesetting

  • Editorial Design

Please email duncan@typography.studio to discuss your project and request a quote.

Folio

A tailored project folio is available on request. Meanwhile, please find some samples below:

Page Design

A successful page design and the subsequent typesetting fulfils a range of considerations and requirements, including:

  • Audience

  • Manuscript structure and word count

  • Page extent, print cost and RRP

  • Aesthetic/Style

We’re happy working to a pre-defined brief – or helping guide you through the options to make recommendations to achieve the best outcome.

Credentials

Founded by Duncan Blachford, a typesetter & designer working in the publishing industry since 2007; we have worked with publishers including Bloomsbury Publishing, Penguin Random House, Scribe Publications, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian Associated Press, Black Inc., Melbourne University Publishing, Sydney University Press, Quarterly Essay and Text Publishing.

  • Best Literary Fiction Cover — Australian Book Design Awards (Longlisted, 2024)

  • Best Non-Fiction Book Cover — Australian Book Design Awards (Shortlisted, 2023)

  • Best Series Design — Australian Book Design Awards (Shortlisted, 2023)

  • Best Short-Run Book — Australian Book Design Awards (Shortlisted, 2023)

  • Best Independent Book Design — Australian Book Design Awards (2019)

Authors

We have worked on a large range of titles for renowned authors, including:

  • Waleed Aly

  • John Birmingham

  • Geoffrey Blainey

  • Frank Bongiorno

  • James Boyce

  • Judith Brett

  • Andrew Charlton

  • The Chaser

  • Paul Cleary

  • Inga Clendinnen

  • Bill Clinton

  • Annabel Crabb

  • Richard Denniss

  • Catherine Deveny

  • Robert Drewe

  • Delia Falconer

  • Richard Flanagan

  • Tim Flannery

  • Andrew Ford

  • Robert Forster

  • Raimond Gaita

  • Ross Garnaut

  • Helen Garner

  • Anna Goldsworthy

  • Stan Grant

  • Germaine Greer

  • Gideon Haigh

  • Clive Hamilton

  • Peter Hartcher

  • Sonya Hartnett

  • John Hirst

  • Karen Hitchcock

  • Sarah Holland-Batt

  • Linda Jaivin

  • Kate Jennings

  • Erik Jensen

  • Alan Kohler

  • Ramona Koval

  • Anna Krien

  • Benjamin Law

  • Andrew Leigh

  • Simon Leys

  • Amanda Lohrey

  • Mungo MacCallum

  • David Malouf

  • Robert Manne

  • Anne Manne

  • David Marr

  • George Megalogenis

  • Drusilla Modjeska

  • Les Murray

  • Robert S. Mueller

  • Dolly Parton

  • Raj Patel

  • James Patterson

  • Guy Pearse

  • Noel Pearson

  • Dorothy Porter

  • Alice Pung

  • Peter Rose

  • Nicolas Rothwell

  • Guy Rundle

  • Craig Sherborne

  • Margaret Simons

  • W.E.H Stanner

  • Laura Tingle

  • Paul Toohey

  • Jenny Valentish

  • Don Walker

  • Don Watson

  • Hugh White

  • Andrew Wilkie

  • Geordie Williamson

  • Charlotte Wood