Blog and guides
What's new in Ariach, how to typeset a sefer, and what goes on behind every page. Straight answers, and only what the software does today.
Behind the page
Why didn't this page work out? How a typesetting engine decides where a page ends
A look inside: how Ariach chooses the page breaks of the whole book at once, what each choice costs, and what you can do when no answer is perfect.
Guide
Typesetting a sefer from the Word file you already wrote
You can typeset a sefer in Word, up to a point. Where Word stops being enough, and how Ariach turns the same file into a typeset book with notes and a print PDF.
Guide
Typesetting software for seforim: Ariach, Tag, InDesign or Word
A straight comparison of four ways to typeset a sefer: what each program does well, what you pay for it, how long it takes to learn, and which book it suits.
Guide
Typesetting a kuntres or Torah booklet
How to typeset a kuntres of chiddushim, a memorial booklet or a parsha sheet: page size, headings, notes and contents — from a Word file to a PDF you can print.
Guide
Typesetting in Tzuras HaDaf: the main text in the middle, the commentaries around it
What Tzuras HaDaf is, why it is hard to set by hand, and how Ariach places a main text with commentaries around it: each dibbur on the page of the word it explains.
Guide
How to typeset a sefer: a guide from the text to the printer
What book typesetting is and what you decide at each step: page size, fonts, headings, notes, balancing pages, proofreading and a print PDF. With a short glossary.
Guide
How much does it cost to typeset a book, and what sets the price?
The cost depends on length, complexity and rounds of corrections. What to ask a typesetter before agreeing on a price, and what doing it yourself costs.
Guide
Typesetting books with AI
What AI does in typesetting a book, and what it doesn't: in Ariach you tell the Assistant what to change and it does it, while a fixed engine sets the pages.
Open the sample book, and change something in it
The sample book opens at once, with no sign-up. When you want to typeset a book of your own, open an account and upload the file.
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