Font & Layout Settings

Configure your book’s body typography and page layout conventions in the Font & Layout tab.

Body Text Typography

This is where you customize the typography for your book’s body text.

• Font Family — Choose from a variety of fonts. Look for fonts with a green check mark to ensure they have all the font styles needed to render properly in your PDF.

• Font Size — Adjust the size of your body text.

• Line Spacing — Control the spacing between lines.

Tip

You can add your own Google Fonts for even more typography options.

Table of Contents

Generate a table of contents — Include a table of contents page with automatically generated page numbers. Lacuna updates page numbers as your content changes.

Chapter Type Layout Rules

Configure how chapter sections are positioned and numbered.

Seeing Roman numerals?

If you see Roman numerals (i, ii, iii) in your book and don’t want them, turn off Roman numerals before Chapter 1, then Page 1.

Seeing unexpected blank pages?

If blank pages are appearing before your chapters, check the two “right-hand page” options below. Turn both off if you don’t want any blank pages inserted.

• Roman numerals before Chapter 1, then Page 1 — Front matter uses Roman numerals (i, ii, iii), and page 1 starts at your first chapter.

• Start first chapter on right-hand (recto) page — Inserts a blank page if needed so your first chapter begins on the right.

• Start all chapters on right-hand (recto) page — Inserts blank pages between chapters as needed so every chapter begins on the right.

Pagination Control

Control how paragraph lines are distributed across page breaks.

• Orphans — The minimum number of lines that must appear at the bottom of a page before a paragraph continues on the next page.

• Widows — The minimum number of lines that must appear at the top of a page when a paragraph continues from the previous page.

Text Formatting

Configure text alignment and hyphenation for body paragraphs.

• Justify body text — Align text to both left and right margins for a traditional book look.

• Enable automatic hyphenation — Allow words to break at the end of lines to improve text flow.

Hyphen Limit — Controls how many consecutive lines can end with hyphens. If you’re seeing too many hyphenated line endings in a row, lower this number.