Monday, 5 August 2013

Magazine Flipbook attempted - {And a Digital Flip Book looks sassy and more lively than a static flat PDF for reading}

One of my junior colleague is about to purchase a car. And he asked me about the choices that fall under his budget (Rs. 4 lakhs INR). I was in the mood to try out new tools, fonts and design.
I chose to do a thorough research for him (the research results shown in the flipbook are indeed prepared by me after slugging out over various web pages for more than 3 hours) and more importantly - present it in an interesting manner.

I used Google Docs for creating the base research document. Over the course, I used some interesting new fonts:
  • LOBSTER (24-point Bold) -  for heading 
  • AMATIC SC (24 point - Bold) - for points to note
  • CALLIGRAFFITTI (12-point bold handwriting font) -  for PROS and CONS {to look authentic!}
  • OSWALD (18-point BLUE) -  for sub headings 
  • KAUSHAN SCRIPT (48-point Bold) - for thanks 
After this, I added page breaks, exported a PDF and use the web service "calameo" (http://www.calameo.com/) for creating a digital flipbook.

Here is the end result (Tip: Within the flipbook, move cursor to corner and turn the page corner as you would do it in a real time)

What are your thoughts about this flipbook concept? Do you find it better in any way over a static document like PDF or a slightly dynamic one like PPT?
Let me know in the comments section.
Also feel free to thrash my choice of fonts (I did not like the way CALLIGRAFFITTI rendered on a standard browser size, looks good when zoomed though.)
Do you know of any other medium for posting research for a reader? Do you have any suggestions for presenting a research better?

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