Deckle 1.7.9 is out today, and it caps a run of updates since Deckle 1.7 that make the app easier to write in and give authors more control over the finished book, in print, in the ebook, and in Word.
Everything below is in the free demo. Download Deckle, click Take Deckle for a Spin, and try every feature yourself, with no card, no account, and no time limit. Watch what’s new in 1.7.9, or try it free at deckle.studio.
For existing owners, every one of these updates is free.
This was one of the most requested features. Your manuscript can now have its own font, separate from the rest of the app. Choose it in Settings and it follows you through the main editor, Continuous View, and the floating window. The Binder and menus stay as they are, and your finished book keeps the fonts you set in the Styler.
Add a page that is one picture: a map, an illustration, a chapter opener. It can run edge to edge or sit inside the margins, on a page of its own or across a two-page spread that opens on a left-hand page, so its halves face each other. Title Page images can fill the page, show the whole picture, or sit inside the margins.
Design the whole chapter opening yourself, title included, and use it as the chapter image. Each chapter shows just your art, and the title still appears in the contents, running heads, and ebook navigation.
Right-click a Part in the Binder and make it a separate book. It becomes a book of its own inside the set: its chapter numbers start again at one, its running heads carry its title, and the ebook’s contents lists it with its chapters underneath. A book’s own Title Page stands in for its Part page.
Add a cover image at export and it becomes the EPUB’s cover, its first page, and the picture in the reader’s library, for every store. Your title page stays a title page.
Word export now offers US Letter or A4. Manuscript format leaves out the title, copyright, dedication, and other post-sale pages unless you tick them. Verse keeps its line breaks, and lists get real bullets and numbers.
Going the other way, Deckle reads a Word file’s own styles to find its chapters: custom chapter styles, numbered headings, and Word in other languages. Centred text, underlining, and quotes come with them.
Export the whole project as folders of Markdown files laid out like the Binder, with your pictures, PDFs, synopses, and notes alongside. Bring it back in and everything returns to its place.
Every template now prints black text on a white page by default, as most printed books are, and can bring its colours to the ebook. To print in colour, it’s one switch. Drop caps are set as in a printed book: the text starts level with the top of the letter, and short opening paragraphs carry on beside it. There’s also a new 5.25 x 8 inch trim size.
’em, ’round, ’twas, and the ’90s get the apostrophe they need, as you type and in the export. Find and replace curls quotes the same way. Fonts that come in a single weight, such as a Bold-only display face, can now be uploaded and used for headings.
Deckle now supports Arabic and other right-to-left languages, in the editor and in PDF, EPUB, and Word, including books that mix Arabic with English.
You don’t have to take our word for any of this. The free demo opens the whole app: every feature above, the same export engine used for finished books, and a guided tour to show you around. You don’t need a card or an account, and there’s no time limit.
Style a book, export it to PDF, EPUB, and Word, and see the results for yourself. The demo caps how much new writing you can add, and starting a project of your own needs a license. Everything else is yours to explore for as long as you like.
Download Deckle and take it for a spin, free.
When you’re ready, Deckle is a one-time purchase of $197, with every future update included.
Deckle is an independent, all-in-one writing and formatting app for authors, replacing the combination of Scrivener, Vellum, and Atticus with a single tool. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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