Typefi Publish Enables Fodor’s Travel to Create Better Products

24 September 2008 - New York

Typefi Publish, the automated publishing solution developed by Typefi Systems, has helped Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House, Inc, decrease composition costs for its flagship Gold Guides and improve the design and timeliness of its guides. This has enabled Fodor’s to add color to many guides as well as publish a new series, In Focus.
“Typefi Publish was a key enabler in getting our new color guide books to market on time and cost effectively,” said Tim Jarrell, Vice President & Publisher of Fodor’s.

With Typefi, Fodor’s can edit XML content from their Content Management System in Microsoft Word, and with the click of a button create print-ready pdf’s and fully-editable InDesign Files. The Typefi Designer, a plug-in to Adobe InDesign desktop, is the tool for setting up the templates and rules that drive the design. Because no programming is required, designers can make small changes quickly and easily and get instant results. Since the output is an InDesign file, it can be edited for last-minute changes

“With Typefi Publish, Fodor’s has achieved the benefit of an XML-based production flow that no longer requires having to settle for substandard visual design or scripting and coding centric design process,” said Typefi CEO Chandi Perera.
Founded in 2001, Typefi Systems is the leader in cross-platform design-driven automated publishing powered by Adobe InDesign Server. The company offers easy-to-use, standards-based software that enables users to create highly designed documents automatically.

Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House, Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of travel information. Covering over 300 destinations worldwide, Fodor’s guidebooks and Web site, Fodors.com, have provided the most up-to-date, accurate information for travelers for more than seventy years. Written by a team of over 700 writers located around the globe, Fodor’s provides travelers with engagingly written, intelligently and accurately reported and absolutely indispensable travel guidance. Fodors.com attracts more than 1.5 million unique visitors each month.

About Typefi

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