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Trinity Confession of Faith
Here are some photos of a recent Hymnworks project created for Trinity Fellowship Churches, a confession of faith in a small handbook format. Cloth: Longtai Lily Cot 1581 black...
Sing His Praises
Here are photos of a recent project Hymnworks created for a Mennonite church in rural Ohio. This hymnal is typeset using shape-note notation (Aiken 7-shape) and contains 524...
Hymns of Grace and Truth
Here are photos of a recent project Hymnworks created for a small Baptist church in Maryland. The book is bound in a beautiful dark blue cloth and Smythe-sewn with gold foil...
Come, Let Us Sing
Here are photos of a recent project Hymnworks created for a PCA church in South Carolina. The client requested a single publication containing a full hymnal and a complete...
Evangelical Lutheran Prayer Book
Here are a few photos of a recent project Hymnworks created for a client, a layman in the Lutheran church (Missouri Synod). The client wanted a daily liturgical guide for private...
Copyright and Print Permissions for Hymnals
The world of copyright and print licensing can seem dauting and complex, but print permissions (or print licenses) are simply agreements between the you (the publisher) and the...
Comparing Fonts for Hymnals
We read all sorts of text daily, although most of us probably don’t think about the fonts those texts are using. But typography (the process of designing and arranging letters...
A Case for Hymnals
Technology and Tradition Our church loves hymns. When we meet together as a church family, we sing hymns – lots of them. Some are old, some are new, but all are filled with...
Summer 2020 Update and Project Spotlight
Here’s a brief update for August. We’re thrilled to say the psalter is fully funded, and we send the final proofs to the printer this Tuesday! It should be shipping sometime in...