DTP / Typesetting

My typesetting & layout service can save you the time and hassle getting your job into production. From text entry to layout and design — or bring me the pieces, and I'll make pages for you.

Also — my being a native English speaking translator trained in DTP brings you an additional advantage.
Say you have a business report in German and a tight deadline. You can't possibly get it translated to English and typeset without paying the high costs of an agency who will send it on to 2 different people and charge you 30% more for a rush order. Spare yourself the trouble and expense and call me first.

Whenever possible, design visuals are submitted for approval via this website, enabling clients to inspect them at their convenience.

The cost of your end product is calculated according to the actual time it took to create it. No more and no less. Should there be additional costs you will be informed and they will be accurately documented.

Layout & Design

I can create custom letterhead, logos, or whatever else you may need to maintain your professional image, or I can layout an ad to your specifications.

Are you opening a new business or just needing a new business look/ corporate identity? I offer from logos to printer-ready business card / letterhead / envelope and Website all with a corresponding design (and translated into the German or English for the international touch; see translations). This means you won't have to look for a graphic agency who subcontracts a web design agency who subcontracts a translator.

How about I design your newsletter or catalogue and put it on your Website as a .pdf file for your customers to look at and / or download? It'll save in the time and cost for mailing AND you reach a whole lot more people. Internationally.

I can work from your existing files or documents, or help you start from scratch. Whether your page will be press-run or photocopied, I can produce attractive layouts for a truly professional result.

I work with Quark Xpress and Adobe Illustrator and with my background in photography, my favorite activity is to scan your photographs and professionally render them in Photoshop.

If you have a small budget I can work out with you an attractive solution offering you the best-possible quality to meet your deadline. You can help keep the cost low: The better the materials are prepared by you the client, the more cost-effective I can produce, minimizing the price!

The cost of your end product is calculated according to the actual time it took to create it. No more and no less. Should there be additional costs you will be informed and they will be accurately documented.

Wherever possible, design visuals are submitted for approval via this website, enabling clients to inspect them at their convenience.

Foreign Language Typesetting and DTP

Foreign-language typography requires more than having the typefaces with the correct accents. Respect for the typographic rules and conventions of the target country, as well as for the original design, taking into account the intended purpose of the document, requires a trained specialist who understands the target language in question and is trained in the constraints and possibilities of typography.

I combine my experience as a translator / proof reader with my degree and 9 years of experience in design & typography. Be it a business card or consumer technology documentation, I will match the layout of the original following the ideas of the target language.

I provide German and English desktop publishing services to translation agencies, individual translators, publishers and corporations — to anyone who needs fast, cost-effective help with formatting text in a foreign language.

Do you need me to proofread the final layout? No problem, I'll see that you get just the right type. See also translations.